On Fri, 2004-04-02 at 16:52, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> Hi!
>
> When debugging on win32, I've created myself a little function that I
> feel should be added to the "backend proper". While it adds a lot of
> vlaue on win32, I think it adds quite a bit of value on non-win32
> platforms as well...
>
> The function is pg_kill_backend(<pid>,<signal>). superuser-only, of
> course. Which simply sends a signal to the specified backend -
> querycancel, terminate, etc.
Nice.. My new favourite command is going to be:
SELECT pg_kill_backend(procpid, 'TERM') FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE
current_query LIKE '<IDLE>%';
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