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TIDB_TRX

The TIDB_TRX table provides information about the transactions currently being executed on the TiDB node.

USE information_schema;
DESC tidb_trx;

+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------+------+---------+-------+
| Field                   | Type                                                            | Null | Key  | Default | Extra |
+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------+------+---------+-------+
| ID                      | bigint(21) unsigned                                             | NO   | PRI  | NULL    |       |
| START_TIME              | timestamp(6)                                                    | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
| CURRENT_SQL_DIGEST      | varchar(64)                                                     | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
| CURRENT_SQL_DIGEST_TEXT | text                                                            | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
| STATE                   | enum('Idle','Running','LockWaiting','Committing','RollingBack') | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
| WAITING_START_TIME      | timestamp(6)                                                    | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
| MEM_BUFFER_KEYS         | bigint(64)                                                      | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
| MEM_BUFFER_BYTES        | bigint(64)                                                      | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
| SESSION_ID              | bigint(21) unsigned                                             | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
| USER                    | varchar(16)                                                     | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
| DB                      | varchar(64)                                                     | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
| ALL_SQL_DIGESTS         | text                                                            | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------+------+---------+-------+

The meaning of each column field in the TIDB_TRX table is as follows:

ID: The transaction ID, which is the start_ts (start timestamp) of the transaction.
START_TIME: The start time of the transaction, which is the physical time corresponding to the start_ts of the transaction.
CURRENT_SQL_DIGEST: The digest of the SQL statement currently being executed in the transaction.
CURRENT_SQL_DIGEST_TEXT: The normalized form of the SQL statement currently being executed by the transaction, that is, the SQL statement without arguments and format. It corresponds to CURRENT_SQL_DIGEST.
STATE: The current state of the transaction. The possible values include:
- Idle: The transaction is in an idle state, that is, it is waiting for the user to input a query.
- Running: The transaction is executing a query.
- LockWaiting: The transaction is waiting for the pessimistic lock to be acquired. Note that the transaction enters this state at the beginning of the pessimistic locking operation, no matter whether it is blocked by other transactions or not.
- Committing: The transaction is in the process of commit.
- RollingBack: The transaction is being rolled back.
WAITING_START_TIME: When the value of STATE is LockWaiting, this column shows the start time of the waiting.
MEM_BUFFER_KEYS: The number of keys written into the memory buffer by the current transaction.
MEM_BUFFER_BYTES: The total number of key-value bytes written into the memory buffer by the current transaction.
SESSION_ID: The ID of the session to which this transaction belongs.
USER: The name of the user who performs the transaction.
DB: The current default database name of the session in which the transaction is executed.
ALL_SQL_DIGESTS: The digest list of statements that have been executed by the transaction. The list is shown as a string array in JSON format. Each transaction records at most the first 50 statements. Using the TIDB_DECODE_SQL_DIGESTS function, you can convert the information in this column into a list of corresponding normalized SQL statements.

Note

Only users with the PROCESS privilege can obtain the complete information in this table. Users without the PROCESS privilege can only query information of the transactions performed by the current user.
The information (SQL digest) in the CURRENT_SQL_DIGEST and ALL_SQL_DIGESTS columns is the hash value calculated from the normalized SQL statement. The information in the CURRENT_SQL_DIGEST_TEXT column and the result returned from the TIDB_DECODE_SQL_DIGESTS function are internally queried from the statements summary tables, so it is possible that the corresponding statement cannot be found internally. For the detailed description of SQL digests and the statements summary tables, see Statement Summary Tables.
The TIDB_DECODE_SQL_DIGESTS function call has a high overhead. If the function is called to query historical SQL statements for a large number of transactions, the query might take a long time. If the cluster is large with many concurrent transactions, avoid directly using this function on the ALL_SQL_DIGEST column while querying the full table of TIDB_TRX. This means to avoid an SQL statement like select *, tidb_decode_sql_digests(all_sql_digests) from tidb_trx.
Currently the TIDB_TRX table does not support showing information of TiDB internal transactions.

Example

select * from information_schema.tidb_trx\G

*************************** 1. row ***************************
                     ID: 426789913200689153
             START_TIME: 2021-08-04 10:51:54.883000
     CURRENT_SQL_DIGEST: NULL
CURRENT_SQL_DIGEST_TEXT: NULL
                  STATE: Idle
     WAITING_START_TIME: NULL
        MEM_BUFFER_KEYS: 1
       MEM_BUFFER_BYTES: 29
             SESSION_ID: 7
                   USER: root
                     DB: test
        ALL_SQL_DIGESTS: ["e6f07d43b5c21db0fbb9a31feac2dc599787763393dd5acbfad80e247eb02ad5","04fa858fa491c62d194faec2ab427261cc7998b3f1ccf8f6844febca504cb5e9","b83710fa8ab7df8504920e8569e48654f621cf828afbe7527fd003b79f48da9e"]
*************************** 2. row ***************************
                     ID: 426789921471332353
             START_TIME: 2021-08-04 10:52:26.433000
     CURRENT_SQL_DIGEST: 38b03afa5debbdf0326a014dbe5012a62c51957f1982b3093e748460f8b00821
CURRENT_SQL_DIGEST_TEXT: update `t` set `v` = `v` + ? where `id` = ?
                  STATE: LockWaiting
     WAITING_START_TIME: 2021-08-04 10:52:35.106568
        MEM_BUFFER_KEYS: 0
       MEM_BUFFER_BYTES: 0
             SESSION_ID: 9
                   USER: root
                     DB: test
        ALL_SQL_DIGESTS: ["e6f07d43b5c21db0fbb9a31feac2dc599787763393dd5acbfad80e247eb02ad5","38b03afa5debbdf0326a014dbe5012a62c51957f1982b3093e748460f8b00821"]
2 rows in set (0.01 sec)

From the query result of this example, you can see that: the current node has two on-going transactions. One transaction is in the idle state (STATE is Idle and CURRENT_SQL_DIGEST is NULL), and this transaction has executed 3 statements (there are three records in the ALL_SQL_DIGESTS list, which are the digests of the three SQL statements that have been executed). Another transaction is executing a statement and waiting for the lock (STATE is LockWaiting and WAITING_START_TIME shows the start time of the waiting lock). The transaction has executed 2 statements, and the statement currently being executed is in the form of "update `t` set `v` = `v` + ? where `id` = ?".

select id, all_sql_digests, tidb_decode_sql_digests(all_sql_digests) as all_sqls from information_schema.tidb_trx\G

*************************** 1. row ***************************
             id: 426789913200689153
all_sql_digests: ["e6f07d43b5c21db0fbb9a31feac2dc599787763393dd5acbfad80e247eb02ad5","04fa858fa491c62d194faec2ab427261cc7998b3f1ccf8f6844febca504cb5e9","b83710fa8ab7df8504920e8569e48654f621cf828afbe7527fd003b79f48da9e"]
       all_sqls: ["begin","insert into `t` values ( ... )","update `t` set `v` = `v` + ?"]
*************************** 2. row ***************************
             id: 426789921471332353
all_sql_digests: ["e6f07d43b5c21db0fbb9a31feac2dc599787763393dd5acbfad80e247eb02ad5","38b03afa5debbdf0326a014dbe5012a62c51957f1982b3093e748460f8b00821"]
       all_sqls: ["begin","update `t` set `v` = `v` + ? where `id` = ?"]

This query calls the TIDB_DECODE_SQL_DIGESTS function on the ALL_SQL_DIGESTS column of the TIDB_TRX table, and converts the SQL digest array into an array of normalized SQL statement through the system internal query. This helps you visually obtain the information of the statements that have been historically executed by the transaction. However, note that the above query scans the entire table of TIDB_TRX and calls the TIDB_DECODE_SQL_DIGESTS function for each row. Calling the TIDB_DECODE_SQL_DIGESTS function has a high overhead. Therefore, if many concurrent transactions exist in the cluster, try to avoid this type of query.

CLUSTER_TIDB_TRX

The TIDB_TRX table only provides information about the transactions that are being executed on a single TiDB node. If you want to view the information of the transactions that are being executed on all TiDB nodes in the entire cluster, you need to query the CLUSTER_TIDB_TRX table. Compared with the query result of the TIDB_TRX table, the query result of the CLUSTER_TIDB_TRX table includes an extra INSTANCE field. The INSTANCE field displays the IP address and port of each node in the cluster, which is used to distinguish the TiDB nodes where the transactions are located.

USE information_schema;
DESC cluster_tidb_trx;

mysql> desc cluster_tidb_trx;
+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------+------+---------+-------+
| Field                   | Type                                                            | Null | Key  | Default | Extra |
+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------+------+---------+-------+
| INSTANCE                | varchar(64)                                                     | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
| ID                      | bigint(21) unsigned                                             | NO   | PRI  | NULL    |       |
| START_TIME              | timestamp(6)                                                    | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
| CURRENT_SQL_DIGEST      | varchar(64)                                                     | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
| CURRENT_SQL_DIGEST_TEXT | text                                                            | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
| STATE                   | enum('Idle','Running','LockWaiting','Committing','RollingBack') | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
| WAITING_START_TIME      | timestamp(6)                                                    | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
| MEM_BUFFER_KEYS         | bigint(64)                                                      | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
| MEM_BUFFER_BYTES        | bigint(64)                                                      | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
| SESSION_ID              | bigint(21) unsigned                                             | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
| USER                    | varchar(16)                                                     | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
| DB                      | varchar(64)                                                     | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
| ALL_SQL_DIGESTS         | text                                                            | YES  |      | NULL    |       |
+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------+------+---------+-------+