Updated on 2025-07-22 GMT+08:00

DV_SESSIONS

DV_SESSIONS displays all session information about the current session. By default, only users with the SYSADMIN permission can access this system view. Common users can access it only after being authorized.

Table 1 DV_SESSIONS columns

Name

Type

Description

sid

bigint

OID of the active backend thread of the current session.

serial#

integer

Sequence number of the active backend thread, which is 0 in GaussDB

user#

oid

OID of the user logged in to the backend thread. The OID is 0 if the backend thread is a global auxiliary thread.

username

name

Name of the user logged in to the backend thread. username is null if the backend thread is a global auxiliary thread.

application_name can be identified by associating with pg_stat_get_activity().

Example:

SELECT s.*,a.application_name FROM DV_SESSIONS AS s LEFT JOIN pg_stat_get_activity(NULL) AS a ON s.sid=a.sessionid;