Re: How to disconnect a single user in Postgresql 8.2.5 from a database

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Josh Kupershmidt <schmiddy(at)gmail(dot)com>, Sergey Konoplev <gray(dot)ru(at)gmail(dot)com>, Steph L <engel306sl(at)yahoo(dot)fr>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: How to disconnect a single user in Postgresql 8.2.5 from a database
Date: 2010-04-20 13:31:20
Message-ID: 25670.1271770280@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> The reason the function isn't there before 8.4 is that that's not
>> promised to work before 8.4 ... most of the time it will work, but
>> once in awhile you could get nasty side-effects.

> So, pg_cancel_backend(pid) is the 8.3 version, that may or may not
> always work then, right?

No, I didn't say that.

regards, tom lane

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