Closing the database means that new connections to the database are not allowed. Closing the database does not affect existing user connections.

You can close the database when you want to prevent users from connecting to the database. For example, when you are shutting down solidDB^®, you must prevent new users from connecting to the database.

To close the database, issue the following command:

After closing the database, only connections from solidDB^® Remote Control (solcon) are accepted.

Any new connections fail with the error solidDB^® Server Error 14506: The server is closed, no new connections allowed.

To view all existing connections, issue the following command:

To disconnect specified users from the database, issue the following command:

To revert the effect of the close command, issue the following command: