On 19/8/05 5:27 pm, "Tom Lane" <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Adam Witney <awitney@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> I have a query that appears to have hung somehow. I have tried sending a >> SIGINT but this does not cancel it... What's the next step without taking >> down the whole server? > > In theory that should always work. What PG version is this? Can you > attach to the stuck backend with gdb and get a stack trace? select version(); version --------------------------------------------------------------- PostgreSQL 7.4.8 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC 2.95.4 Am not particularly familiar with gdb, but if you tell me the steps I will do it and report back Thanks for your help Adam -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org