On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Josh Kupershmidt <schmiddy@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> pg_terminate_backend() is just a SQL wrapper around: >> kill -SIGTERM [backend PID] > >> For versions before 8.4: if you can SSH in to the server, run the >> above on the PID of the backend your user is connected to, and that >> should terminate their connection. > > The reason the function isn't there before 8.4 is that that's not > promised to work before 8.4 ... most of the time it will work, but > once in awhile you could get nasty side-effects. So, pg_cancel_backend(pid) is the 8.3 version, that may or may not always work then, right? -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
