Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > OK, I see your point. Can anyone remember why this was needed? I > > remember Magnus wanted query cancel, but what was the logic for session > > termination? > > I think the argument for it went along the lines of "what if you've got > a misbehaving client that continually issues expensive queries, so > canceling any one query doesn't help?" I found this unconvincing, as > a client that obstreperous might simply reconnect and start issuing the > same queries again; so having a session-kill tool doesn't really get you > much further. I recall being voted down though ...
Well, seems you have enough reason to suspect this code, and being so near to beta I think we can remove it and come back to it later if people still want it. I remember the "cancel" being the key feature, and termination was more of a "nice have" item. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
