Slowest recent queries

Top slow finished queries last hour with memory; type=2 = QueryFinish

clickhouse-client -q "SELECT query_duration_ms, formatReadableSize(memory_usage) mem, substring(query,1,80) FROM system.query_log WHERE type=2 AND event_time>now()-3600 ORDER BY query_duration_ms DESC LIMIT 10"
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clickhouse17 commands
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More clickhouse commands

  • Pending mutations
    clickhouse-client -q "SELECT database, table, mutation_id, latest_fail_reason FROM system.mutations WHERE is_done=0"

    Find stuck ALTER/DELETE mutations with failure reason; blocks schema changes

  • Connect to clickhouse-client
    clickhouse-client -h clickhouse -u default --password <pass> --database mydb

    Open interactive ClickHouse CLI session

  • Show databases
    clickhouse-client -q 'SHOW DATABASES'

    List all databases in ClickHouse

  • Show tables
    clickhouse-client -q 'SHOW TABLES FROM mydb'

    List all tables in a database

  • Table size
    clickhouse-client -q "SELECT table, formatReadableSize(sum(bytes)) AS size FROM system.parts WHERE active AND database='mydb' GROUP BY table ORDER BY sum(bytes) DESC"

    Show disk usage per table in a database

all 17 clickhouse commands