Hi

I think that kill will only take effect when the server pays attention - if
it is busy (calculating statistics), then it may not respond immediately.

Regards

Quentin

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Ruby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, 8 March 2001 5:19 a.m.
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: kill bad query


Steve Ruby wrote:
> 
> If I have a connection that executes a bad query shouldn't I
> ALWAYS be able to kill it with "kill <connect num>"?
> 
> I have a query that keeps getting stuck, (who knows what
> it is doing) but that State is "statistics"
> 
> I can't ever kill it without taking down the server..
> 


PS.. this is using 3.23.33 on Linux.. I find that the query is very
slow but will eventually complete, still, can I not kill a query
that will lock tables for hours?

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