pg_stat_activity.query
Text of this backend's most recent query. If state is active this field shows the currently executing query. In all other states, it shows the last query that was executed. By default the query text is truncated at 1024 bytes; this value can be changed via the parameter track_activity_query_size.
Reading PG 18·Select a recorded version
- View
- pg_stat_activity
- Field
- query
- SQL type
- text
- Units named in the field definition
- bytes
- Reset observation
- No stats_reset field is documented for this view
- documented
- true
- field
- query
- manual path
- /docs/18/monitoring-stats.html
- signature
- SELECT query FROM pg_catalog.pg_stat_activity;
- source only
- false
- sql type
- text
- units mentioned
- bytes
- view
- pg_stat_activity
Definition PG 18
Text of this backend's most recent query. If state is active this field shows the currently executing query. In all other states, it shows the last query that was executed. By default the query text is truncated at 1024 bytes; this value can be changed via the parameter track_activity_query_size.
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