Re: Terminating a query that appears to be hung

Hmm, if you are a sysadmin you may want to get the process id for the
query, running something like:

Select procpid,current_query
from pg_stat_activity
where datname="dbname";

If you are running Linux, you'll get the procpid (pid) for the
offending query and by sending "kill -15 <pid>" you are
killing/terminating the query.

No idea on how to proceed if your platform is Windows.

Best wishes,
Guido Barosio

On 1/29/07, Phillip Smith <phillip(dot)smith(at)weatherbeeta(dot)com(dot)au> wrote:
> Can youo be a bit more specific...? What client?
>
> Psql should terminate the connection when it exist. pgAdmin will close it
> when you exit the ap, or if you choose 'Disconnect' from the menu. In PHP
> you'll need to call pg_close function... Every 'client' will have a
> different method...
>
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> Subject: [ADMIN] Terminating a query that appears to be hung
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> Is there a way to terminate a client session without having to restart
> Postgres.
>
> Thanks
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