Re: Query kill - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Jan Wieck
Subject Re: Query kill
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Msg-id 3D2F1798.E65AC418@Yahoo.com
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In response to Re: Query kill  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Query kill  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> Rudi Starcevic wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > If I write a query that is inefficient or in an eternal loop how
> > do I stop it without restarting the postmaster ?
> >
> > I can see many postmaster processed appearing in the output of the 'ps'
> > command.
> > Do I need to stop/kill them all or can I stop just the query I want ?
> 
> Just send a SIGINT to the process. That simulates a ^C, which works too
> from the client like psql.

Doesn't the client need a signal handler for that and call
PQcancelRequest() in that?


Jan

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