How to kill all Postgres connections
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# kill all connections to the postgres server
if [ -n "$1" ] ; then
where="where pg_stat_activity.datname = '$1'"
echo "killing all connections to database '$1'"
else
where="where pg_stat_activity.datname in (select datname from pg_database where datname != 'postgres')"
echo "killing all connections to database"
fi
cat <<-EOF | psql -U mhenrixon -d postgres
SELECT pg_terminate_backend(pg_stat_activity.pid)
FROM pg_stat_activity
${where}
EOF
Written by Mikael Henriksson
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Thanks a million!
over 1 year ago
·
how to use it?
over 1 year ago
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andilabs: make it executable and run it like you would any other bash script.
over 1 year ago
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