Andrew Biagioni <andrew(dot)biagioni(at)e-greek(dot)net> writes:
> With my "kill [procnum]" I don't seem to have any negative side
> effects, except apparently for the temp tables (I _think_). Does that
> seem reasonable?
No, a normal kill (SIGTERM) should run proc_exit callbacks, including
temp-table cleanup. There must be something else going on.
regards, tom lane