Thomas Markus wrote: > I'm running 8.2.3 on ubuntu 6.06 (2.6.15-26-server SMP i686) > > sometimes i have SELECTs that never ends. Normally I drop connections by > killing the connection process (kill <PID>). But these hanging > connections (which blocks other statements infinitly) cant be killed. What are they doing? We've added interrupt checks in most of the loops, so queries can normally be killed quickly, but maybe we've missed just the one you're running. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support