Re: Taking database offline

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: ow <oneway_111(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Taking database offline
Date: 2003-11-13 14:54:35
Message-ID: 200311131454.hADEsZ608721@candle.pha.pa.us
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ow wrote:
>
> --- Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> >
> > Rather than restart the server (kicking everyone out), does 'reload'
> > help to keep new users out and let the old ones leave on their own?
> >
>
> Not really ... users (old or new) should not work with the db unless it's
> completely loaded. Restarting the server will affect activity in other dbs in
> that cluster which is not desirable :( IMHO, there should be a way to do this
> without restarting the server.

You can restrict pg_hba.conf to not allow connections just to one
database if you want.

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