Re: Query kill

Rudi Starcevic wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> If I write a query that is inefficient or in an eternal loop how
> do I stop it without restarting the postmaster ?
> 
> I can see many postmaster processed appearing in the output of the 'ps' 
> command.
> Do I need to stop/kill them all or can I stop just the query I want ?

Just send a SIGINT to the process. That simulates a ^C, which works too
from the client like psql.

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