On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 10:55:22AM +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote: > Not kill -9. Kill -9 is "safe" because it causes a complete restart of > the postmaster (it's the same as a backend crash, really). Kill -INT is > also safe, because it does a simlpe query cancel.
Hmm, would it be possible to use another signal for "cancel the current query and enter a state where no queries are accepted"? That would mean driving the backend to a known idle state, allowing further action to end the connection. From the client perspective, the connection is no longer useful anyway, so he can only disconnect. -- Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]surnet.cl>) "In a specialized industrial society, it would be a disaster to have kids running around loose." (Paul Graham) ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match