Re: Add force option to dropdb

On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 4:56 AM, salah jubeh <s_jubeh(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
>>I'm not particularly in favor of implementing this as client-side
>>functionality, because then it's only available to people who use that
>>particular client. Simon Riggs proposed a server-side option to the
>>DROP DATABASE command some time ago, and I think that might be the way
>>to go.
>
> Could you please direct me -if possible- to the thread. I think,implementing
> it on the client side gives the user the some visibility and control.
> Initially, I wanted to force drop the database, then I have changed it to
> kill connections. I think the change in the client tool, is simple and
> covers the main reason for not being able to drop a database. I think,
> killing client connection is one of the FAQs.
>
> OTOH, having an option like "DROP DATABASE [IF EXISTS, FORCE] database" is
> more crisp. However, what does "force" mean? many options exist such as
> killing the connections gently, waiting for connections to terminate,
> killing connections immediately. Also, as Alvaro Herrera mentioned, DROP
> OWNED BY and/or REASSIGNED OWNED BY might hinder the force option -an
> example here would be nice-. So, for quick wins, I prefer the kill option in
> the client side; but, for mature solution , certainly back-end is the way to
> proceed.

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