Re: full vacuum cancelation

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Viktor Bojović <viktor(dot)bojovic(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: full vacuum cancelation
Date: 2010-10-21 15:00:03
Message-ID: 23760.1287673203@sss.pgh.pa.us
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=?UTF-8?Q?Viktor_Bojovi=C4=87?= <viktor(dot)bojovic(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> my full vacuuming of one table runs still after four days. Is it safe to
> cancel it by pressing Ctrl+c?

I assume this is a pre-9.0 Postgres version?

Depending on how far along the vacuum actually is, there's a possibility
that trying to cancel it will cause a PANIC, but that will not damage
your data --- the worst consequence would be killing any other sessions
that are running concurrently.

regards, tom lane

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