pg_stat_database.numbackends
Number of backends currently connected to this database, or NULL for shared objects. This is the only column in this view that returns a value reflecting current state; all other columns return the accumulated values since the last reset.
Reading PG 18·Select a recorded version
- View
- pg_stat_database
- Field
- numbackends
- SQL type
- integer
- Units named in the field definition
- Not specified
- Reset observation
- Time at which these statistics were last reset
- documented
- true
- field
- numbackends
- manual path
- /docs/18/monitoring-stats.html
- signature
- SELECT numbackends FROM pg_catalog.pg_stat_database;
- source only
- false
- sql type
- integer
- units mentioned
- Unknown
- view
- pg_stat_database
Definition PG 18
Number of backends currently connected to this database, or NULL for shared objects. This is the only column in this view that returns a value reflecting current state; all other columns return the accumulated values since the last reset.
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center · PostgreSQL 18 · 555610c24d53e4316da5b7d3fc25c279d96856d5e0e23ee308c328c5fa881d9f
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