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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Function to kill backend
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Msg-id 20680.1081053524@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Function to kill backend  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
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Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
> Killing backends with runaway queries is a routine administrative
> task.

Cancelling runaway queries is a routine task.  I'm less convinced that a
remote kill (ie SIGTERM) facility is such a great idea.
        regards, tom lane

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