Re: signals??

Joseph Shraibman <jks@selectacast.net> writes:
> Looking at the Administrators guide (for 7.2.1) it does not list what signals a postgres
> backend handles.  I assume HUP makes it reread the config file, but what else is there?
> Is there a way to cancel a currently running query by sending a
> signal?

Sure, SIGINT to a backend implements query-cancel.

You are right that the postmaster and backend signal handlers are poorly
documented --- the details are all there in the sources, but the SGML
docs are pretty thin on the subject :-(.  Care to dig around in the code
and submit some doc improvements?

            regards, tom lane