Re: Function to kill backend

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>, josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Function to kill backend
Date: 2004-04-06 15:48:25
Message-ID: 25338.1081266505@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> I assume admins are already doing this (via kill), so whether it is
> supported or not, we should give folks a safe way to do this.

I don't think it's an open-and-shut decision as to whether people
actually *need* to do session kills (as opposed to query/transaction
kills). The arguments presented so far are not convincing to my mind,
certainly not convincing enough to buy into a commitment to do whatever
it takes to support that.

The fact that people do it doesn't make it a good idea.

regards, tom lane

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