Use "select pg_cancel_backend(<pid>)" instead -- we have to do this periodically
when queries get timed out by the web server but Postgres doesn't notice /
doesn't get notified...
- Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org
[mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Howard Cole
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 5:55 AM
To: 'PgSql General'
Subject: [GENERAL] Killing a session on windows
I have a database I want to drop on a windows server. Unfortunately I
cannot restart postgres because it is running several live database.
To kill the offending session, I tried select * from pg_stat_activity to
find the PID of the session, and then tried to kill it with command line:
taskkill /f /pid 1234
This appeared to kill the session, but postgres still thinks the session
is live with the same process id.
Using the SysInternals process explorer - there doesn't appear to be a
process with the given ID.
How can I get postgres to drop this session?
Thanks
Howard Cole
www.selestial.com
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