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Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 06:50:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: Lennin Caro <lennin.caro@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: lennin.caro@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Who's attached to the database?
To: Kevin Grittner <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>,
	Carol Walter <walterc@indiana.edu>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
In-Reply-To: <DCE58E12-256E-4707-A8E8-3B33FB286D09@indiana.edu>
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try this

select pg_cancel_backend(<processid_db>);

if the command not work kill the process in os

kill -9 proccessid_os


--- On Thu, 7/3/08, Carol Walter <walterc@indiana.edu> wrote:

> From: Carol Walter <walterc@indiana.edu>
> Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Who's attached to the database?
> To: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>
> Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
> Date: Thursday, July 3, 2008, 8:07 PM
> Thanks, guys,
> 
> This told me that the user that has it open is the
> interface user  
> called db_user.  Is there a command to disconnect this
> user?
> 
> Carol
> 
> On Jul 3, 2008, at 3:53 PM, Kevin Grittner wrote:
> 
> >>>> Carol Walter <walterc@indiana.edu>
> wrote:
> >> I'm trying to drop a database and I'm
> getting an error that says that
> >
> >> the database is being accessed by other users.  Is
> there a way I can
> >
> >> find out who these users are or if there really is
> a user accessing
> > it?
> >
> > select * from pg_stat_activity where datname =
> 'yourdb';
> >
> > -Kevin
> 
> 
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