Re: background process?

From: Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info>
To: Michael Shapiro <mshapiro51(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PgAdmin Support <pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: background process?
Date: 2012-07-07 16:24:28
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On Sat, 2012-07-07 at 10:45 -0500, Michael Shapiro wrote:
> Is it possible to run an update in the background? I have an update to 23+
> million records that will very likely take a few hours.
> Is it possible to issue the update in PgAdmin, and then exit PgAdmin and
> have the update continue on the server?

No, that's not possible. As soon as you quit pgadmin, the connection is
dropped, and your statement is rollbacked.

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Guillaume
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