Re: [HACKERS] destroydb doesn't close connection with client (httpd <-> pg)

Added to TODO.

> Oleg Bartunov <oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su> writes:
> > I don't know is it DBI/DBD problem or backend must close
> > all connections to DB when it destroyed.
>
> You cannot destroy a DB while there are backends connected to it;
> all hell breaks loose if you do. See thread "How to destroy your entire
> Postgres installation" in pg-hackers in late Sept. 1998.
>
> The correct fix is to add an interlock that prevents "destroydb" when
> there are connected backends. I don't know just how that might be done,
> however.
>
> There should be a TODO item for this, but I don't see one:
> * Prevent destroydb when there are backends active in that database
>
> regards, tom lane
>
>

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