Ahhh, ok. On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 7:52 AM, Lewis Kapell <lkapell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > pg_cancel_backend() and pg_terminate_backend() do different things. From the > documentation: > > pg_cancel_backend(pid int) Cancel a backend's current query > pg_terminate_backend(pid int) Terminate a backend > > > > On 4/19/2010 11:07 PM, Scott Marlowe wrote: >> >> 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 > -- When fascism comes to America, it will be intolerance sold as diversity. -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
