Mark Steben wrote: > Hi folks, > > > > We are running psql 8.3.7 and linux 2.6.9-78.0.17.ELsmp > > > > We had a situation this weekend where someone was running an update > > On the psql command line and had to kill it. > > > > It is considered 'best practice' to use cntrl-c to do so? > > Or is there a better way? The transaction did roll back. Sure, that is fine. It doesn't hurt anything. There is also a way to do it from another session using using pg_cancel_backend(). -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin