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Is there a "Just Kidding" command?

From
"Burgholzer, Robert (DEQ)"
Date:

So, I just sent a pg_ctl stop command to the wrong db node, and I’m wondering if there is a way to take that back?  I ask since I have a long running process connecting to it, and I don’t want to wait around for it to finish up so that the db can stop, then I can start it up again.  Also, other requests are now being denied...

 

Here’s hoping.  Maybe the “doh!!” command?

 

/r/b

 

Robert  Burgholzer

Surface Water Modeler
Virginia DEQ Office of Surface and Ground Water Supply

804-869-3066

 

Re: Is there a "Just Kidding" command?

From
David Johnston
Date:
Burgholzer, Robert (DEQ) wrote
> So, I just sent a pg_ctl stop command to the wrong db node, and I'm
> wondering if there is a way to take that back?  I ask since I have a long
> running process connecting to it, and I don't want to wait around for it
> to finish up so that the db can stop, then I can start it up again.  Also,
> other requests are now being denied...
>
> Here's hoping.  Maybe the "doh!!" command?

At the admin level, not that I can think of.  In SQL you have the "ROLLBACK"
command....you are using transactions right?

I could see the value in the normal shutdown sequence only blocking incoming
requests until it is ready for the full shutdown sequence and only then
beginning other shutdown actions.  That would provide a window in this
situation to tell the server to "pg_ctl abort_shutdown" and go back to
allowing new connections.  The cost-benefit of such a feature is fairly
small though.

Having done this your decision is to either kill the long-running stuff and
get the reboot over with or let it run and effectively make the server
unavailable for a while but you end up not having to re-do whatever work the
long-running transaction was in the middle of.

David J.




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Re: Is there a "Just Kidding" command?

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Martin French
Date:
Not that I am aware of.

I must admit, I've needed the "OMG Wrong Command" command myself a few times over the years.




From:        "Burgholzer, Robert (DEQ)" <Robert.Burgholzer@deq.virginia.gov>
To:        "pgsql-admin@postgresql.org" <pgsql-admin@postgresql.org>,
Date:        12/09/2013 19:27
Subject:        [ADMIN] Is there a "Just Kidding" command?
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So, I just sent a pg_ctl stop command to the wrong db node, and I’m wondering if there is a way to take that back?  I ask since I have a long running process connecting to it, and I don’t want to wait around for it to finish up so that the db can stop, then I can start it up again.  Also, other requests are now being denied...
 
Here’s hoping.  Maybe the “doh!!” command?
 
/r/b
 
Robert  Burgholzer
Surface Water Modeler
Virginia DEQ Office of Surface and Ground Water Supply
804-869-3066
 

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Re: Is there a "Just Kidding" command?

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Robert Burgholzer
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Thanks for the responses folks - I went with the approach that David mentioned, just chilled out and let the running tasks finish and then restarted the node.  Ultimately, in terms of cost-benefit, I spent 10 minutes watching this process lay out, and only got one email about a non-responsive app, so, very small indeed.

/r/b


On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 4:12 AM, Martin French <Martin.French@romaxtech.com> wrote:
Not that I am aware of.

I must admit, I've needed the "OMG Wrong Command" command myself a few times over the years.




From:        "Burgholzer, Robert (DEQ)" <Robert.Burgholzer@deq.virginia.gov>
To:        "pgsql-admin@postgresql.org" <pgsql-admin@postgresql.org>,
Date:        12/09/2013 19:27
Subject:        [ADMIN] Is there a "Just Kidding" command?
Sent by:        pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org



So, I just sent a pg_ctl stop command to the wrong db node, and I’m wondering if there is a way to take that back?  I ask since I have a long running process connecting to it, and I don’t want to wait around for it to finish up so that the db can stop, then I can start it up again.  Also, other requests are now being denied...
 
Here’s hoping.  Maybe the “doh!!” command?
 
/r/b
 
Robert  Burgholzer
Surface Water Modeler
Virginia DEQ Office of Surface and Ground Water Supply
804-869-3066
 

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