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PostgreSQL query to display blocked and blocking queries. Updated from PG Wiki.
SELECT blocked_locks.pid AS blocked_pid,
blocked_activity.usename AS blocked_user,
now() - blocked_activity.query_start
AS blocked_duration,
blocking_locks.pid AS blocking_pid,
blocking_activity.usename AS blocking_user,
now() - blocking_activity.query_start
AS blocking_duration,
blocked_activity.query AS blocked_statement,
blocking_activity.query AS blocking_statement
FROM pg_catalog.pg_locks AS blocked_locks
JOIN pg_catalog.pg_stat_activity AS blocked_activity
ON blocked_activity.pid = blocked_locks.pid
JOIN pg_catalog.pg_locks AS blocking_locks
ON blocking_locks.locktype = blocked_locks.locktype
AND blocking_locks.DATABASE IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.DATABASE
AND blocking_locks.relation IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.relation
AND blocking_locks.page IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.page
AND blocking_locks.tuple IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.tuple
AND blocking_locks.virtualxid IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.virtualxid
AND blocking_locks.transactionid IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.transactionid
AND blocking_locks.classid IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.classid
AND blocking_locks.objid IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.objid
AND blocking_locks.objsubid IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.objsubid
AND blocking_locks.pid != blocked_locks.pid
JOIN pg_catalog.pg_stat_activity AS blocking_activity
ON blocking_activity.pid = blocking_locks.pid
WHERE NOT blocked_locks.granted;
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