"Simon Riggs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Personally, I think "smart" shutdown could be even smarter. It should > kick off unwanted sessions, such as an idle pgAdmin session - maybe a > rule like "anything that has been idle for >30 seconds".
That's not a bad idea in itself but I don't think it's something the server should be in the business of doing. One big reason is that the server shouldn't be imposing arbitrary policy. That should be something the person running the shutdown is in control over. What you could do is have a separate program (I would write a client but a server-side function would work too) to kick off users based on various criteria you can specify. Then you can put in your backup scripts two commands, one to kick off idle users and then do a smart shutdown. -- Gregory Stark EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com Ask me about EnterpriseDB's PostGIS support! -- Sent via pgsql-patches mailing list (pgsql-patches@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-patches