How can I stop a running MySQL query?

Question

I connect to mysql from my Linux shell. Every now and then I run a SELECT query that is too big. It prints and prints and I already know this is no

Answer 1

If you have mysqladmin available, you may get the list of queries with:

> mysqladmin -uUSERNAME -pPASSWORD pr

+-----+------+-----------------+--------+---------+------+--------------+------------------+
| Id  | User | Host            | db     | Command | Time | State        | Info             |
+-----+------+-----------------+--------+---------+------+--------------+------------------+
| 137 | beet | localhost:53535 | people | Query   | 292  | Sending data | DELETE FROM      |
| 145 | root | localhost:55745 |        | Query   | 0    |              | show processlist |
+-----+------+-----------------+--------+---------+------+--------------+------------------+

Then you may stop the mysql process that is hosting the long running query:

> mysqladmin -uUSERNAME -pPASSWORD kill 137