Jan Wieck wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > Rudi Starcevic wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > If I write a query that is inefficient or in an eternal loop how > > > do I stop it without restarting the postmaster ? > > > > > > I can see many postmaster processed appearing in the output of the 'ps' > > > command. > > > Do I need to stop/kill them all or can I stop just the query I want ? > > > > Just send a SIGINT to the process. That simulates a ^C, which works too > > from the client like psql. > > Doesn't the client need a signal handler for that and call > PQcancelRequest() in that?
Every backend has that signal handler defined, I think. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
