Re: [GENERAL] TODO list and "hyphen"

salman wrote:
> >> -Allow administrators to safely terminate individual sessions either
> via an SQL function or SIGTERM <<
>
> Can't you already do this with pg_cancel_backend() or kill <child pid>?

Cancel backend only cancels the current query but later queries are
still executed. Kill was never officially supported as a way to
terminate a backend, but it will be in 8.4 and there is an SQL function
to do it too.

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