Kill a postgresql session/connection

Question

How can I kill all my postgresql connections?

I\'m trying a rake db:drop but I get:

ERROR:  database \"database_name\" is being accessed         


        

Answer 1

OSX, Postgres 9.2 (installed with homebrew)

$ launchctl unload -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist
$ pg_ctl restart -D /usr/local/var/postgres
$ launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist

If your datadir is elsewhere you can find out where it is by examining the output of ps aux | grep postgres