Re: [GENERAL] Postgresql 8.0 and Cancel/Kill backend functions

2005-01-17 Thread Magnus Hagander
> > The cancel function is implemented. See > > > http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/functions-admin.html#FUN > > CT > > IONS-ADMIN-SIGNAL-TABLE. > > > > Kill function was considered too dangerous. > > Pity - I would have loved this for my test harnesses. I need > to drop and recrea

Re: [GENERAL] Postgresql 8.0 and Cancel/Kill backend functions

2005-01-16 Thread Stuart Bishop
Magnus Hagander wrote: The cancel function is implemented. See http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/functions-admin.html#FUNCT IONS-ADMIN-SIGNAL-TABLE. Kill function was considered too dangerous. Pity - I would have loved this for my test harnesses. I need to drop and recreate the databas

Re: [GENERAL] Postgresql 8.0 and Cancel/Kill backend functions

2005-01-12 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 12:00:22PM -0600, Tony Caduto wrote: > Does anyone know if such functions have been added to version 8? See the 8.0 Release Notes in the development documentation: * Add function to send cancel request to other backends (Magnus) See also the "System Administration Func

Re: [GENERAL] Postgresql 8.0 and Cancel/Kill backend functions

2005-01-12 Thread Magnus Hagander
f Of Tony Caduto > Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 7:00 PM > To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org > Subject: [GENERAL] Postgresql 8.0 and Cancel/Kill backend functions > > Does anyone know if such functions have been added to version 8? > I saw lots of discussion while searching goog

[GENERAL] Postgresql 8.0 and Cancel/Kill backend functions

2005-01-12 Thread Tony Caduto
Does anyone know if such functions have been added to version 8? I saw lots of discussion while searching google and saw references to patches applied and docs. Google link: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.databases.postgresql.patches/browse_thread/thread/8dc627fdbe4b830d/2b4364d42a95b88