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* ctrl-c - is it safe to kill a query?
@ 2010-02-08 15:40 Mark Steben <msteben@autorevenue.com>
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From: Mark Steben @ 2010-02-08 15:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-admin
Hi folks,
We are running psql 8.3.7 and linux 2.6.9-78.0.17.ELsmp
We had a situation this weekend where someone was running an update
On the psql command line and had to kill it.
It is considered 'best practice' to use cntrl-c to do so?
Or is there a better way? The transaction did roll back.
Good to know for future reference. Thank you.
Mark Steben | Database Administrator
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* Re: ctrl-c - is it safe to kill a query?
@ 2010-02-08 22:49 Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
parent: Mark Steben <msteben@autorevenue.com>
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From: Bruce Momjian @ 2010-02-08 22:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Mark Steben <msteben@autorevenue.com>; +Cc: pgsql-admin
Mark Steben wrote:
> Hi folks,
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> We are running psql 8.3.7 and linux 2.6.9-78.0.17.ELsmp
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> We had a situation this weekend where someone was running an update
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> On the psql command line and had to kill it.
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> It is considered 'best practice' to use cntrl-c to do so?
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> Or is there a better way? The transaction did roll back.
Sure, that is fine. It doesn't hurt anything. There is also a way to
do it from another session using using pg_cancel_backend().
--
Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com
+ If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +
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