How to stop a running mysql query

Question

How do I stop a running mysql query programmatically?

The problem I\'m facing is that a query is constructed using user supplied data, and may occasionally take a v

Answer 1

You can issue MySQL specific commands through the standard libraries provided by MySQL and run KILL QUERY. Possibly it's best listing the processes and figuring out which thread you need to kill first.

Depending on your application this might create a security issue though (since you need to give more privileges to the connecting application user).