Postgres Snippets

Administration & Configuration Connections Show Max Connections (value and source) SELECT setting, source, sourcefile, sourceline FROM pg_settings WHERE name = 'max_connections'; Set Max Connections ALTER system SET max_connections = 250; Kill Connections for a Database SELECT pg_terminate_backend(pid) FROM pg_catalog.pg_stat_activity -- we don't want to kill our own connection WHERE pid != pg_backend_pid() -- we don't want to kill connections to other databases AND datname = 'MYDATABASE' Show Statement Timeout Settings for All Users SELECT r.rolname, (SELECT unnest(s.setconfig) FROM pg_db_role_setting s WHERE s.setrole = r.oid AND s.setconfig::text LIKE '%statement_timeout%' LIMIT 1) AS statement_timeout FROM pg_roles r WHERE r.rolcanlogin ORDER BY r.rolname; ...

March 1, 2010 · 11 min · 2278 words · Micha Kops