Doug Silver <dsilver@urchin.com> writes:
>> Any suggestions? I assume I absolutely should not kill the postgresql
>> process that is running the request, so what are some other options?
> After another 45 minutes or so, it finally quit and I was able to restart
> postgresql and run vacuum db. A little patience was the best thing in this
> case!
FWIW, killing a vacuum isn't any more dangerous than killing anything
else. It should just work...
regards, tom lane