DISCONNECT

   DISCONNECT — terminate a database connection

Synopsis

DISCONNECT connection_name
DISCONNECT [ CURRENT ]
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.

   ALL #
          Close all open connections.

Examples

int
main(void)
{
    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 ALL;      /* close con2 and con1 */

    return 0;
}

Compatibility

   DISCONNECT is specified in the SQL standard.

See Also

   CONNECT, SET CONNECTION