Re: Terminating a query that appears to be hung

Thank you for the response. We are using Linux and I am able to identify
the offending <pid>. I was not sure if killing the process was an
acceptable and safe practice.

Thanks again!
Robert

Guido Barosio wrote:
> Hmm, if you are a sysadmin you may want to get the process id for the
> query, running something like:
>
>
> Select procpid,current_query
> from pg_stat_activity
> where datname="dbname";
>
> If you are running Linux, you'll get the procpid (pid) for the
> offending query and by sending "kill -15 <pid>" you are
> killing/terminating the query.
>
> No idea on how to proceed if your platform is Windows.
>
> Best wishes,
> Guido Barosio
>
>
> On 1/29/07, Phillip Smith <phillip(dot)smith(at)weatherbeeta(dot)com(dot)au> wrote:
>> Can youo be a bit more specific...? What client?
>>
>> Psql should terminate the connection when it exist. pgAdmin will
>> close it
>> when you exit the ap, or if you choose 'Disconnect' from the menu. In
>> PHP
>> you'll need to call pg_close function... Every 'client' will have a
>> different method...
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: pgsql-admin-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
>> [mailto:pgsql-admin-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Robert D Oden
>> Sent: Tuesday, 30 January 2007 2:03 AM
>> To: PgSQL ADMIN
>> Subject: [ADMIN] Terminating a query that appears to be hung
>>
>> Is there a way to terminate a client session without having to restart
>> Postgres.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
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