so I have to reconnect. Is it possible to stop a query without killing mysql itself? mysql>show processlist; kill “number from first col”;

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 not what I meant. I would like to stop the query. Hitting Ctrl+C (a couple of times) kills mysql completely and takes me back … Read more