Re: Change pg_cancel_*() to ignore current backend

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)BlueTreble(dot)com>, Eric Ridge <e_ridge(at)tcdi(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Change pg_cancel_*() to ignore current backend
Date: 2015-05-22 22:43:50
Message-ID: 17907.1432334630@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> writes:
> This whole discussion seems to be about making it easier to run SELECT
> pg_cancel_backend(pid) FROM pg_stat_activity;. But that shouldn't be
> made easier! If anything harder.

Indeed. I find it hard to believe that there's a real problem here, and
I absolutely will resist breaking backwards compatibility to solve it.

regards, tom lane

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