Re: pg_cancel_backend and pg_terminate_backend

My experience with the older PG versions is that I couldn't stop a query
sometimes with pg_cancel_backend, so I had to resort to
pg_terminate_backend.

Regards,
Michael Vitale

Wells Oliver wrote on 4/19/2023 3:41 PM:
> I usually prefer pg_cancel_backend because it seems.. nicer, but
> lately I've had a troublesome user who leaves transactions open and
> I've scripted up a call to pg_terminate_backend after 60 minutes in an
> idle transaction. It works well.
>
> Question: is there any server impact beyond that user's transaction
> when calling pg_terminate_backend? I feel like there _used_ to be,
> maybe in PG9, where I recall maybe seeing a server disconnect or
> something when using terminate.
>
> Just curious about this approach. Thanks.
>
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> Wells Oliver
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Regards,

Michael Vitale

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