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DISCONNECT

DISCONNECT - terminate a database connection

Synopsis 

DISCONNECT connection_name
DISCONNECT [ CURRENT ]
DISCONNECT DEFAULT
DISCONNECT ALL

Description

DISCONNECT closes a connection (or all connections) to the database.

Parameters

connection_name #

A database connection name established by the CONNECT command.

CURRENT #

Close the " current " connection, which is either the most recently opened connection, or the connection set by the SET CONNECTION command. This is also the default if no argument is given to the DISCONNECT command.

DEFAULT #

Close the default connection.

ALL #

Close all open connections.

Examples 

int
main(void)
{
    EXEC SQL CONNECT TO testdb AS DEFAULT USER testuser;
    EXEC SQL CONNECT TO testdb AS con1 USER testuser;
    EXEC SQL CONNECT TO testdb AS con2 USER testuser;
    EXEC SQL CONNECT TO testdb AS con3 USER testuser;

    EXEC SQL DISCONNECT CURRENT;  /* close con3          */
    EXEC SQL DISCONNECT DEFAULT;  /* close DEFAULT       */
    EXEC SQL DISCONNECT ALL;      /* close con2 and con1 */

    return 0;
}

Compatibility

DISCONNECT is specified in the SQL standard.

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