--thanks for the reply:
--no, I don't see anything like that. this is what I have:
[snip]
postgres 3488 5.6 0.0 11412 4 pts/4 T Sep18 88:53 postgres: joe testdb 16.xx.xx.xx SELECT
[/snip]
--this tells me that this proc had been running once upon a time (since the 18th) and
--has stopped (the 'T'). the user has said that he had since killed the tool
--that connected to the database and booted his machine.
--so ... when I do a 'kill pid' or 'kill -TERM pid' ... *poof* ... nothing happens ...
--what am I missing?
-X
Are you sure they are just hanging around, it could be a connection pool that keeps those processe running!? Du you use a connectionpool/databasepool?
/Søren
Howdy:
Running PostgreSQL 7.2.1 on RedHat Linux 7.2 kernel 2.4.7.
I have some processes that are just hanging around and I'm
trying to kill them. I know I'm not supposed to use
'kill -9 pid', but when I try to use 'kill -TERM pid'
nothing happens.
How can I safely and effectively kill a process that is
too stubborn to go away?
-X
