Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 6:53 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> I think this is just a timing problem: the signal gets sent,
>> but it might or might not get received before the current statement ends.
> How about we just wait forever if the function manages to return?
> select case when pg_cancel_backend(pg_backend_pid(), '...') then
> pg_sleep('infinity') end;
Hm, that might work. I'd pick a long but not infinite timeout --- maybe
60 sec would be good.
regards, tom lane