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CockroachDB v2.1 is no longer supported. For more details, see the Release Support Policy.
The PAUSE JOB statement lets you pause IMPORT jobs, enterprise BACKUP and RESTORE jobs, and, as of v2.1, changefeeds.
After pausing jobs, you can resume them with RESUME JOB.
Note:
You cannot pause schema changes.Required privileges
By default, only the root user can control a job.
Synopsis
Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
job_id |
The ID of the job you want to pause, which can be found with SHOW JOBS. |
select_stmt |
A selection query that returns job_id(s) to pause. |
Examples
Pause a single job
> SHOW JOBS;
+----------------+---------+-------------------------------------------+...
| id | type | description |...
+----------------+---------+-------------------------------------------+...
| 27536791415282 | RESTORE | RESTORE db.* FROM 'azure://backup/db/tbl' |...
+----------------+---------+-------------------------------------------+...
> PAUSE JOB 27536791415282;
Pause multiple jobs
New in v2.1: To pause multiple jobs, nest a SELECT clause that retrieves job_id(s) inside the PAUSE JOBS statement:
> PAUSE JOBS (SELECT job_id FROM [SHOW JOBS]
WHERE user_name = 'maxroach');
All jobs created by maxroach will be paused.
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