The pg_stat_activity table will show you what activity is currently happening on your PostgreSQL database server. The information will detail the database the activity is occuring on, the username initiating the activity, the length of time the acitivy has been occuring for, and much more. Below is example output from running a SELECT query against…
The Linux kill command is used to kill PID’s or process ID’s. This command is beneficial for numerous reasons typically for run away processes, processes caught in some sort of loop, to kick users from a system, or any other number of reasons. Typically kill is used in the below format with 12345 being the…
If you are having issues dropping a postgres database the issue is more than likely that a user is accessing the database you are attempting to drop. There isn’t technically a way to force drop the postgres database however there are steps you can take to prevent others from accessing the database and if needed…
This post will explain how to post notes from Microsoft OneNote into the WordPress admin. When you copy and paste from most Microsoft products into a visual editor such as TinyMCE that WordPress uses you will typically include a bunch of unwanted tags from the Microsoft application. These tags will make it complicated to format…
To create a PL/pgSQL stored procedure, copy and paste a dummy procedure like this into the “Execute arbitrary SQL queries” window in PgAdmin 1.8.4: