PostgreSQL 9.5.2 Thanks. This was the input/output on the screen: username=# delete from some_table; ^CCancel request sent ERROR: canceling statement due to user request This was the output in the PostgreSQL log: user::2016-05-19 13:37:16 CDT STATEMENT: delete from some_table; user::2016-05-19 13:40:38 CDT ERROR: canceling statement due to user request user::2016-05-19 13:40:38 CDT CONTEXT: while deleting tuple (54598,61) in relation "some_table" Thanks again! Lance -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Grittner [mailto:kgrittn@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 1:55 PM To: Campbell, Lance <lance@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: canceling a delete On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 2:44 PM, Campbell, Lance <lance@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > PostgreSQL 9.5.x It is always best to show the full version number, just in case one of the bugs fixed in a minor release could matter for the issue at hand. (In this case I don't know of any, but there is not much point checking for sure when I can only guess at what you are running.) > Delete from some_table; > > I realized that I should have had a where clause. So I canceled the > delete with CTRL-C. PostgreSQL said to canceled the delete. Again, copy/paste of what you saw would allow a response with higher confidence. > Did PostgreSQL delete any records? Not if it processed the Ctrl+C before the command completed normally. Either all rows in the table should be gone or the DELETE had no effect. Note that now would be a horrible time to suffer database corruption. If, for example, you needed to run pg_resetxlog right now, you might lose a lot of those rows. Tread carefully. -- Kevin Grittner EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
