Re: Taking database offline

ow wrote:
>
> --- Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> wrote:
> >
> > Rather than restart the server (kicking everyone out), does 'reload'
> > help to keep new users out and let the old ones leave on their own?
> >
>
> Not really ... users (old or new) should not work with the db unless it's
> completely loaded. Restarting the server will affect activity in other dbs in
> that cluster which is not desirable :(  IMHO, there should be a way to do this
> without restarting the server.

You can restrict pg_hba.conf to not allow connections just to one
database if you want.

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