kill

The kill command adds the with force parameter.

Use the with force parameter if you cannot terminiate the process with the regular kill spid parameter.

Syntax

The syntax is:

kill spid with force

where with force indicates you are forcibly terminating the indicated spid.

This example terminates spid 16:

kill 16 with force

SAP ASE issues this message if you use with force to terminate a spid that holds spinlocks:
```
You cannot kill spid 'spid_number' with force option as it is holding spinlock(s).
```
The permissions for issuing the with force parameter are the same as for issuing kill spid_number.
spid_number must be a constant; it cannot be passed as a parameter to a stored procedure or used as a local variable.