Andrew Dunstan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Magnus Hagander wrote: >> The function is pg_kill_backend(<pid>,<signal>). superuser-only, of >> course. Which simply sends a signal to the specified backend - >> querycancel, terminate, etc.
> If' we're going to have this shouldn't it be a proper command? And maybe > an internal shutdown command to go with it? I don't like the idea at all, but if we were to have something it would definitely need to be a lot more constrained than send-any-signal-to-any-postgres-process ... even for a superuser, that's a mighty fat-gauge foot-gun. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster