"Milen A. Radev" <milen@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Naomi Walker íàïèñà: >> I'm trying to drop a database in a postgres 8.1.4 instance (x86 Solaris >> 10 OS), but someone is connected to >> the database. What is the best way to find out exactly who is connected? > select * from pg_stat_activity where datname = <the_db_about_to_be_dropped>; If that doesn't work because you've got stats collection turned off, "ps" will help too: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/monitoring.html On Solaris, note the Tip at the bottom (not sure if it applies to recent Solaris versions but a few years ago it was critical). regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org