pg_locks
A system catalogue view listing the locks held by active processes
pg_locks is a system catalogue view listing the locks held by active processes.
pg_locks was added in PostgreSQL 7.3.
Definition by PostgreSQL version
pg_locks (PostgreSQL 14)
View "pg_catalog.pg_locks"
Column | Type | Collation | Nullable | Default
--------------------+--------------------------+-----------+----------+---------
locktype | text | | |
database | oid | | |
relation | oid | | |
page | integer | | |
tuple | smallint | | |
virtualxid | text | | |
transactionid | xid | | |
classid | oid | | |
objid | oid | | |
objsubid | smallint | | |
virtualtransaction | text | | |
pid | integer | | |
mode | text | | |
granted | boolean | | |
fastpath | boolean | | |
waitstart | timestamp with time zone | | |
Documentation: pg_locks
pg_locks (PostgreSQL 13)
View "pg_catalog.pg_locks"
Column | Type | Collation | Nullable | Default
--------------------+----------+-----------+----------+---------
locktype | text | | |
database | oid | | |
relation | oid | | |
page | integer | | |
tuple | smallint | | |
virtualxid | text | | |
transactionid | xid | | |
classid | oid | | |
objid | oid | | |
objsubid | smallint | | |
virtualtransaction | text | | |
pid | integer | | |
mode | text | | |
granted | boolean | | |
fastpath | boolean | | |
Documentation: pg_locks
pg_locks (PostgreSQL 12)
View "pg_catalog.pg_locks"
Column | Type | Collation | Nullable | Default
--------------------+----------+-----------+----------+---------
locktype | text | | |
database | oid | | |
relation | oid | | |
page | integer | | |
tuple | smallint | | |
virtualxid | text | | |
transactionid | xid | | |
classid | oid | | |
objid | oid | | |
objsubid | smallint | | |
virtualtransaction | text | | |
pid | integer | | |
mode | text | | |
granted | boolean | | |
fastpath | boolean | | |
Documentation: pg_locks
pg_locks (PostgreSQL 11)
View "pg_catalog.pg_locks"
Column | Type | Collation | Nullable | Default
--------------------+----------+-----------+----------+---------
locktype | text | | |
database | oid | | |
relation | oid | | |
page | integer | | |
tuple | smallint | | |
virtualxid | text | | |
transactionid | xid | | |
classid | oid | | |
objid | oid | | |
objsubid | smallint | | |
virtualtransaction | text | | |
pid | integer | | |
mode | text | | |
granted | boolean | | |
fastpath | boolean | | |
Documentation: pg_locks
pg_locks (PostgreSQL 10)
View "pg_catalog.pg_locks"
Column | Type | Collation | Nullable | Default
--------------------+----------+-----------+----------+---------
locktype | text | | |
database | oid | | |
relation | oid | | |
page | integer | | |
tuple | smallint | | |
virtualxid | text | | |
transactionid | xid | | |
classid | oid | | |
objid | oid | | |
objsubid | smallint | | |
virtualtransaction | text | | |
pid | integer | | |
mode | text | | |
granted | boolean | | |
fastpath | boolean | | |
Documentation: pg_locks
pg_locks (PostgreSQL 9.6)
View "pg_catalog.pg_locks"
Column | Type | Modifiers
--------------------+----------+-----------
locktype | text |
database | oid |
relation | oid |
page | integer |
tuple | smallint |
virtualxid | text |
transactionid | xid |
classid | oid |
objid | oid |
objsubid | smallint |
virtualtransaction | text |
pid | integer |
mode | text |
granted | boolean |
fastpath | boolean |
Documentation: pg_locks
pg_locks (PostgreSQL 9.5)
View "pg_catalog.pg_locks"
Column | Type | Modifiers
--------------------+----------+-----------
locktype | text |
database | oid |
relation | oid |
page | integer |
tuple | smallint |
virtualxid | text |
transactionid | xid |
classid | oid |
objid | oid |
objsubid | smallint |
virtualtransaction | text |
pid | integer |
mode | text |
granted | boolean |
fastpath | boolean |
Documentation: pg_locks
pg_locks (PostgreSQL 9.4)
View "pg_catalog.pg_locks"
Column | Type | Modifiers
--------------------+----------+-----------
locktype | text |
database | oid |
relation | oid |
page | integer |
tuple | smallint |
virtualxid | text |
transactionid | xid |
classid | oid |
objid | oid |
objsubid | smallint |
virtualtransaction | text |
pid | integer |
mode | text |
granted | boolean |
fastpath | boolean |
Documentation: pg_locks
pg_locks (PostgreSQL 9.3)
View "pg_catalog.pg_locks"
Column | Type | Modifiers
--------------------+----------+-----------
locktype | text |
database | oid |
relation | oid |
page | integer |
tuple | smallint |
virtualxid | text |
transactionid | xid |
classid | oid |
objid | oid |
objsubid | smallint |
virtualtransaction | text |
pid | integer |
mode | text |
granted | boolean |
fastpath | boolean |
Documentation: pg_locks
pg_locks (PostgreSQL 9.2)
View "pg_catalog.pg_locks"
Column | Type | Modifiers
--------------------+----------+-----------
locktype | text |
database | oid |
relation | oid |
page | integer |
tuple | smallint |
virtualxid | text |
transactionid | xid |
classid | oid |
objid | oid |
objsubid | smallint |
virtualtransaction | text |
pid | integer |
mode | text |
granted | boolean |
fastpath | boolean |
Documentation: pg_locks
pg_locks (PostgreSQL 9.1)
View "pg_catalog.pg_locks"
Column | Type | Modifiers
--------------------+----------+-----------
locktype | text |
database | oid |
relation | oid |
page | integer |
tuple | smallint |
virtualxid | text |
transactionid | xid |
classid | oid |
objid | oid |
objsubid | smallint |
virtualtransaction | text |
pid | integer |
mode | text |
granted | boolean |
Documentation: pg_locks
pg_locks (PostgreSQL 9.0)
View "pg_catalog.pg_locks"
Column | Type | Modifiers
--------------------+----------+-----------
locktype | text |
database | oid |
relation | oid |
page | integer |
tuple | smallint |
virtualxid | text |
transactionid | xid |
classid | oid |
objid | oid |
objsubid | smallint |
virtualtransaction | text |
pid | integer |
mode | text |
granted | boolean |
Documentation: pg_locks
pg_locks (PostgreSQL 8.4)
View "pg_catalog.pg_locks"
Column | Type | Modifiers
--------------------+----------+-----------
locktype | text |
database | oid |
relation | oid |
page | integer |
tuple | smallint |
virtualxid | text |
transactionid | xid |
classid | oid |
objid | oid |
objsubid | smallint |
virtualtransaction | text |
pid | integer |
mode | text |
granted | boolean |
View definition:
SELECT l.locktype, l.database, l.relation, l.page, l.tuple, l.virtualxid, l.transactionid, l.classid, l.objid, l.objsubid, l.virtualtransaction, l.pid, l.mode, l.granted
FROM pg_lock_status() l(locktype, database, relation, page, tuple, virtualxid, transactionid, classid, objid, objsubid, virtualtransaction, pid, mode, granted);
Documentation: pg_locks
pg_locks (PostgreSQL 8.3)
View "pg_catalog.pg_locks"
Column | Type | Modifiers
--------------------+----------+-----------
locktype | text |
database | oid |
relation | oid |
page | integer |
tuple | smallint |
virtualxid | text |
transactionid | xid |
classid | oid |
objid | oid |
objsubid | smallint |
virtualtransaction | text |
pid | integer |
mode | text |
granted | boolean |
View definition:
SELECT l.locktype, l.database, l.relation, l.page, l.tuple, l.virtualxid, l.transactionid, l.classid, l.objid, l.objsubid, l.virtualtransaction, l.pid, l.mode, l.granted
FROM pg_lock_status() l(locktype text, database oid, relation oid, page integer, tuple smallint, virtualxid text, transactionid xid, classid oid, objid oid, objsubid smallint, virtualtransaction text, pid integer, mode text, granted boolean);
Documentation: pg_locks
pg_locks (PostgreSQL 8.2)
View "pg_catalog.pg_locks"
Column | Type | Modifiers
---------------+----------+-----------
locktype | text |
database | oid |
relation | oid |
page | integer |
tuple | smallint |
transactionid | xid |
classid | oid |
objid | oid |
objsubid | smallint |
transaction | xid |
pid | integer |
mode | text |
granted | boolean |
View definition:
SELECT l.locktype, l."database", l.relation, l.page, l.tuple, l.transactionid, l.classid, l.objid, l.objsubid, l."transaction", l.pid, l."mode", l."granted"
FROM pg_lock_status() l(locktype text, "database" oid, relation oid, page integer, tuple smallint, transactionid xid, classid oid, objid oid, objsubid smallint, "transaction" xid, pid integer, "mode" text, "granted" boolean);
Documentation: pg_locks
Change history
- PostgreSQL 14
- column
waitstartadded (commit 46d6e5f5)
- column
- PostgreSQL 9.2
- column
fastpathadded (commit 3cba8999)
- column
- PostgreSQL 8.3
- PostgreSQL 8.1
- PostgreSQL 7.3
- added (commit 82119a69).
References
- PostgreSQL dcumentation: pg_locks
Categories
See also
pg_blocking_pids()