| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Rudi Starcevic <rudi(at)oasis(dot)net(dot)au> |
| Cc: | pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Query kill |
| Date: | 2002-07-12 05:01:31 |
| Message-ID: | 200207120501.g6C51Vo14062@candle.pha.pa.us |
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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.
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