Hmmm.... This sounds like it might work.
There are, in fact, only 2 users (roles). Lets call them "selectuser" and "moduser"
So, as the DBA, I just...
alter role selectuser connection limit 0;
alter role moduser connection limit 0;
Then kick everyone off (I usually use "pg_ctl kill TERM <procpid>" to do this)
Make changes as the DBA
Then...
alter role selectuser connection limit -1;
alter role moduser connection limit -1;
Done !
Correct?
-----Original Message-----
From: Bosco Rama [mailto:postgres@boscorama.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 11:27 AM
To: Gauthier, Dave
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] v8.3.4 metadata changes while users active
Hey,
Gauthier, Dave wrote:
> Hmmmm... I don't have root access :-(
Do you have the ability to alter the users/roles? If so, you
could set their connection limit to 0 and then kick them off.
Do your work and then set their connection limit back to the
value it was before. The default is -1 (unlimited).
Here's how to set the connection limit:
alter role moduser connection limit 0;
This is only really viable if the set of users is small. You
mentioned only 2 before. I'm not sure if it was exactly 2 users
or 2 "types" of users.
Just a thought.
Bosco.
