Re: [GENERAL] how to cancel a request in progress ?

From: Simon Drabble <simond(at)foxlink(dot)net>
To: "Michael A(dot) Koerber" <mak(at)ll(dot)mit(dot)edu>
Cc: haj(at)idianet(dot)net, pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] how to cancel a request in progress ?
Date: 1999-05-25 17:22:55
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.3.96.990525131909.27445A-100000@dragon
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On Tue, 24 May 1999, Michael A. Koerber wrote:

> It isn't pretty, but as 'su' or 'postgres' you can kill the the "postmaster pid".
> However, you may have to clean up 'junk files' left in the data base. Don't do
> this except as a last resort.
>
> mike
>
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> Dr Michael A. Koerber
> MIT/Lincoln Laboratory
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>

Hmmm. Sledgehammer, this is nut. Nut, meet sledgehammer. :)

Jonathan found the optimal solution - PQrequestCancel() from within the app.

Simon.

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