and from the shell prompt: you can find ALL postgreSQL process id's by:
%>ps ax | grep postgres
""Eduardo J. Ortega"" <ejortegau@cable.net.co> wrote in message
news:200701292233.36805.ejortegau@cable.net.co...
> You can also kill the postgres process corresponding to the hung query. do
> NOT
> kill -9. Only kill. Postgres will rollback any uncomitted transaction and
> finish that connection gracefully.
>
> On Monday 29 January 2007 18:35, Phillip Smith wrote:
>> Can youo be a bit more specific...? What client?
>>
>> Psql should terminate the connection when it exist. pgAdmin will close it
>> when you exit the ap, or if you choose 'Disconnect' from the menu. In PHP
>> you'll need to call pg_close function... Every 'client' will have a
>> different method...
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org
>> [mailto:pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Robert D Oden
>> Sent: Tuesday, 30 January 2007 2:03 AM
>> To: PgSQL ADMIN
>> Subject: [ADMIN] Terminating a query that appears to be hung
>>
>> Is there a way to terminate a client session without having to restart
>> Postgres.
>>
>> Thanks
>
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