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Re: kill -KILL: What happens?

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Florian Pflug <fgp@phlo.org>, David Fetter <david@fetter.org>, PG Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2011-01-13T20:37:20Z
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> I strongly believe you're in the minority on that one, for the same
> reasons that I don't think most people would agree with your notion of
> what should be the default shutdown mode.  A database that can't
> accept new connections is a liability, not an asset.

Killing active sessions when it's not absolutely necessary is not an
asset.

			regards, tom lane