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Re: Re: RE: [COMMITTERS] pgsql/src/backend/access/transam ( xact.c xlog.c) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Re: RE: [COMMITTERS] pgsql/src/backend/access/transam ( xact.c xlog.c)
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In response to Re: RE: [COMMITTERS] pgsql/src/backend/access/transam ( xact.c xlog.c)  (Kevin Brown <kevin@sysexperts.com>)
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Kevin Brown <kevin@sysexperts.com> writes:
> The reason is that as a DBA, I want to
> be able to kill off backend processes (with SIGKILL if necessary)
> without hanging the rest of the PostgreSQL system.

That has never been safe (or even possible, given how the postmaster
will respond).
        regards, tom lane

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