Re: question on forced-killing the postmaster - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Bruno Wolff III
Subject Re: question on forced-killing the postmaster
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Msg-id 20040420181703.GE11203@wolff.to
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In response to question on forced-killing the postmaster  (shadowbox@punkass.com)
List pgsql-novice
On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 15:42:35 +0800,
  shadowbox@punkass.com wrote:
> why is it bad to kill -9 the postmaster? any links? i'm wondering why
> is it bad...

There might be more detail in the FAQ, but what I remember is that the
main issue is that shared memory doesn't necessarily get cleaned up
properly. You don't have to worry about losing committed transactions.

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