Re: Change pg_cancel_*() to ignore current backend

On 5/22/15 3:08 PM, Eric Ridge wrote:
>> I find it annoying to have to specifically exclude pg_backend_pid() from pg_stat_activity if I'm trying to kill a
bunchof backends at once, and I can't think of any reason why you'd ever want to call a pg_cancel_* function with your
ownPID.
 
> I'm just a lurker, but regularly get bitten by this exact thing.
>
> Rather than change the behavior of pg_cancel/terminate_backend(), why not change pg_stat_activity to exclude the
currentsession?  Seems like showing a row in pg_stat_activity for "SELECT * FROM pg_stat_activity" is kinda useless
anyways.

Interesting idea. I suspect that would be even more invasive than 
modifying the functions though...
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