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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: How to cancel a query if SIGINT does not work?
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Msg-id 25688.1124468851@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to How to cancel a query if SIGINT does not work?  (Adam Witney <awitney@sgul.ac.uk>)
Responses Re: How to cancel a query if SIGINT does not work?  (Adam Witney <awitney@sgul.ac.uk>)
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Adam Witney <awitney@sgul.ac.uk> 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?

            regards, tom lane

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