我使用下面的rake任务来覆盖Rails drop_database方法。

lib / database.rake

require 'active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter'
module ActiveRecord
  module ConnectionAdapters
    class PostgreSQLAdapter < AbstractAdapter
      def drop_database(name)
        raise "Nah, I won't drop the production database" if Rails.env.production?
        execute <<-SQL
          UPDATE pg_catalog.pg_database
          SET datallowconn=false WHERE datname='#{name}'
        SQL

        execute <<-SQL
          SELECT pg_terminate_backend(pg_stat_activity.pid)
          FROM pg_stat_activity
          WHERE pg_stat_activity.datname = '#{name}';
        SQL
        execute "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS #{quote_table_name(name)}"
      end
    end
  end
end

编辑:这是Postgresql 9.2+

这似乎适用于PostgreSQL 9.1:

#{Rails.root}/lib/tasks/databases.rake
# monkey patch ActiveRecord to avoid There are n other session(s) using the database.
def drop_database(config)
  case config['adapter']
  when /mysql/
    ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(config)
    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.drop_database config['database']
  when /sqlite/
    require 'pathname'
    path = Pathname.new(config['database'])
    file = path.absolute? ? path.to_s : File.join(Rails.root, path)

    FileUtils.rm(file)
  when /postgresql/
    ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(config.merge('database' => 'postgres', 'schema_search_path' => 'public'))
    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.select_all("select * from pg_stat_activity order by procpid;").each do |x|
      if config['database'] == x['datname'] && x['current_query'] =~ /<IDLE>/
        ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("select pg_terminate_backend(#{x['procpid']})")
      end
    end
    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.drop_database config['database']
  end
end

从这里和这里的胃肠道谱上提取的。

下面是一个修改后的版本，适用于PostgreSQL 9.1和9.2。

退出postgres并重新启动。很简单，但每次对我都有效，而其他cli命令有时不能。

打开PGadmin查看是否有任何查询页面打开，关闭所有查询页面，断开PostgresSQL服务器连接，重新连接，尝试删除/删除选项。这对我很有帮助。

可以使用pg_terminate_backend()终止连接。你必须是超级用户才能使用这个功能。这在所有操作系统上都是一样的。

SELECT 
    pg_terminate_backend(pid) 
FROM 
    pg_stat_activity 
WHERE 
    -- don't kill my own connection!
    pid <> pg_backend_pid()
    -- don't kill the connections to other databases
    AND datname = 'database_name'
    ;

在执行这个查询之前，你必须撤销CONNECT权限以避免新的连接:

REVOKE CONNECT ON DATABASE dbname FROM PUBLIC, username;

如果你正在使用Postgres 8.4-9.1，请使用procpid而不是pid

SELECT 
    pg_terminate_backend(procpid) 
FROM 
    pg_stat_activity 
WHERE 
    -- don't kill my own connection!
    procpid <> pg_backend_pid()
    -- don't kill the connections to other databases
    AND datname = 'database_name'
    ;

MacOS，如果postgresql安装了brew:

brew services restart postgresql

UBUNTU,

首先用这个检查(在后台运行的kill服务器)

sudo kill -9 $(lsof -i :3000 -t)

如果你没有找到pid，那么你只需要重新启动 Postgresql服务的命令如下所示:

sudo service postgresql restart