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From Magnus Hagander
Subject Re: Functions To Let Users Cancel/Terminate own Back Ends
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In response to Functions To Let Users Cancel/Terminate own Back Ends  ("David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>)
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On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 23:38, David E. Wheeler <david@kineticode.com> wrote:
> PostgreSQLers,
>
> I have a need at my $dayjob to let users cancel their own back ends. See any issues with this function to allow them
todo that? Any security gotchas or anything? 

You mean something like this?
http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commitdiff;h=0495aaad8b337642830a4d4e82f8b8c02b27b1be

(So yes, the principle was agreed to be safe)

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