KILL

Description

The KILL statement terminates a running query or process.

Info

Terminating a process or query may result in the loss of unsaved data; terminating a running query may consume system resources and affect other running queries.

Syntax

> KILL [CONNECTION | QUERY] processlist_id

Explanations

process_id refers to the identifier of the process or query to be terminated. process_id is the connection identifier if the CONNECTION keyword is used, and process_id is the query identifier if the QUERY keyword is used.

Examples

select connection_id();
+-----------------+
| connection_id() |
+-----------------+
|            1008 |
+-----------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

-- Terminate query process
mysql> kill query 1008;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

-- Terminate the connection process
mysql> kill connection 1008;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

-- Test for disconnection
mysql> show databases;
ERROR 2013 (HY000): Lost connection to MySQL server during query
No connection. Trying to reconnect...
Connection id:    1180
-- The connection has been disconnected, and the service has started to reconnect