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pg_stat_activity.client_addr

IP address of the client connected to this backend. If this field is null, it indicates either that the client is connected via a Unix socket on the server machine or that this is an internal process such as autovacuum.

Reading PostgreSQL 18.6.

Description

IP address of the client connected to this backend. If this field is null, it indicates either that the client is connected via a Unix socket on the server machine or that this is an internal process such as autovacuum.

View
pg_stat_activity
Field
client_addr
SQL type
inet
Units named in the field definition
Not specified
Reset observation
No stats_reset field is documented for this view

Usage

SELECT client_addr FROM pg_catalog.pg_stat_activity;

View semantics

The pg_stat_activity view will have one row per server process, showing information related to the current activity of that process.

Collection and reset context

Read the same-version statistics collection and view documentation below for reset scope and visibility. No per-field reset rule is inferred from the field name.

Inspect this field

Example query; no execution result or measured value is asserted.

SELECT client_addr FROM pg_catalog.pg_stat_activity;

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Documentation and source

Source build
Version
18.6
Build
https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v18.6/postgresql-18.6.tar.bz2
Source fingerprint
555610c24d53e4316da5b7d3fc25c279d96856d5e0e23ee308c328c5fa881d9f

Compare versions

PostgreSQL 17 → 18: unchanged.

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