Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > If there is a problem, maybe we can fix it, or perhap have the kill
> > function use SIGINT, then wait for the query to cancel, then SIGTERM.
> 
> Well, if someone could prove that the SIGTERM path is equivalent to
> a transaction-aborting error followed by normal client disconnect,
> I'd feel a lot better about its reliability.  We know those two code
> paths work well.

As far as I know, most database systems have the ability to kill an
individual session, and I think we need that functionality too, as I
described in my report example.

> Right now I do not think they are equivalent, but maybe they could be
> made so.

Let me look into it.

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