Re: Quit currently running query

On 2/28/23 04:53, Albert Cornelius wrote:

How can I quit a currently running query? I've issued a query and my server does not respond anymore. Is there another solution than using kill -9?

What specifically do you mean by "my server does not respond anymore"?  Because if "the server" really doesn't respond anymore, you can't even issue "kill -9".

I'd first try "select pg_cancel_backend(<pid>);".  If that doesn't work, try "select pg_terminate_backend(<pid>);", which is the Postgresql-aproved version of "kill -9".