Essential PostgreSQL Queries Data Engineer

Essential PostgreSQL Queries Every Data Engineer Should Know 🚀

As a Data Engineer, mastering PostgreSQL queries can help you optimize database performance and troubleshoot issues efficiently. Here are some essential queries to keep in your toolkit! 🛠️

1️⃣ Check Tablespace Size

Monitor the disk space used by your tablespaces:

SELECT spcname AS tablespace, pg_size_pretty(pg_tablespace_size(spcname))
FROM pg_tablespace;

2️⃣ Find Active Sessions

Identify currently active database connections:

SELECT pid, usename, application_name, state, query
FROM pg_stat_activity
WHERE state = ‘active’;

3️⃣ Identify Blocking Queries

Find queries that are blocking other transactions:

SELECT pid, age(clock_timestamp(), query_start) AS duration, usename, state, query
FROM pg_stat_activity
WHERE waiting;

4️⃣ Check CPU Usage of Queries

Analyze database CPU usage:

SELECT datname, pid, usename, application_name, client_addr, state,
round(extract(epoch FROM (now() – query_start))::numeric, 2) AS runtime_seconds,
query
FROM pg_stat_activity
ORDER BY runtime_seconds DESC;

5️⃣ Monitor Slow Queries

Retrieve the slowest queries using pg_stat_statements:

SELECT query, calls, total_time, mean_time
FROM pg_stat_statements
ORDER BY total_time DESC LIMIT 5;

6️⃣ List Unused Indexes

Identify indexes that are not being used frequently:

SELECT schemaname, relname AS table_name, indexrelname AS index_name, idx_scan
FROM pg_stat_user_indexes
WHERE idx_scan = 0;

7️⃣ Check Database Size

View the size of each database:

SELECT datname, pg_size_pretty(pg_database_size(datname)) AS size
FROM pg_database;

8️⃣ View Cache Hit Ratio

Measure how efficiently PostgreSQL is using cache:

SELECT sum(blks_hit) / (sum(blks_hit) + sum(blks_read)) AS cache_hit_ratio
FROM pg_stat_database;

Mastering these PostgreSQL queries will make you a more efficient Data Engineer! 🚀

What’s your go-to PostgreSQL query? Drop it in the comments! 👇

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