Re: full vacuum cancelation - Mailing list pgsql-general

Viktor Bojović <viktor.bojovic@gmail.com> writes:
> my full vacuuming of one table runs still after four days. Is it safe to
> cancel it by pressing Ctrl+c?

I assume this is a pre-9.0 Postgres version?

Depending on how far along the vacuum actually is, there's a possibility
that trying to cancel it will cause a PANIC, but that will not damage
your data --- the worst consequence would be killing any other sessions
that are running concurrently.

                       regards, tom lane