Re: killing process question

On 19 Sep 2002 at 10:39, Johnson, Shaunn wrote:

>
> --thanks for the reply:
>
> --no, I don't see anything like that. this is what I have:
>
> [snip]
>
> postgres 3488 5.6 0.0 11412 4 pts/4 T Sep18 88:53 postgres:
> joetestdb 16.xx.xx.xx SELECT
> [/snip]
>
> --this tells me that this proc had been running once upon a time (since the
> 18th) and
> --has stopped (the 'T'). the user has said that he had since killed the tool
> --that connected to the database and booted his machine.
>
> --so ... when I do a 'kill pid' or 'kill -TERM pid' ... *poof* ... nothing
> happens ...

Does restarting database helps? It may just make the thing go away..

Or stop the database, kill the pid with -9 and start it again.. Nothing lost..

Bye
 Shridhar

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