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。

没有必要放弃。只需删除并重新创建公共模式。在大多数情况下，这有完全相同的效果。

namespace :db do

desc 'Clear the database'
task :clear_db => :environment do |t,args|
  ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection
  ActiveRecord::Base.connection.tables.each do |table|
    next if table == 'schema_migrations'
    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("TRUNCATE #{table}")
  end
end

desc 'Delete all tables (but not the database)'
task :drop_schema => :environment do |t,args|
  ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection
  ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("DROP SCHEMA public CASCADE")
  ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("CREATE SCHEMA public")
  ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("GRANT ALL ON SCHEMA public TO postgres")
  ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("GRANT ALL ON SCHEMA public TO public")
  ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("COMMENT ON SCHEMA public IS 'standard public schema'")
end

desc 'Recreate the database and seed'
task :redo_db => :environment do |t,args|
  # Executes the dependencies, but only once
  Rake::Task["db:drop_schema"].invoke
  Rake::Task["db:migrate"].invoke
  Rake::Task["db:migrate:status"].invoke 
  Rake::Task["db:structure:dump"].invoke
  Rake::Task["db:seed"].invoke
end

end

我在mac上，通过postgress。app使用postgres。我解决了这个问题，只是退出，重新开始应用程序。

也许只是重启postgres => sudo服务postgresql重启

如果你需要断开一个特定用户的会话，这有助于我:

检查当前所有连接:

select * from pg_stat_activity; 

授予你的用户一个角色(不重要):

set role "db_admin";

杀死届:

select pg_terminate_backend(pid)
from pg_stat_activity
where usename = '*** USER NAME TO DISCONNECT ***';

MacOS，如果postgresql安装了brew:

brew services restart postgresql

删除postgresql会话/连接