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+dj/+lib/getpass.m

@@ -35,10 +35,15 @@
 % wait for password entry
 uiwait
 pass = get(hpass,'userdata');
+if isempty(pass)
+    pass = '';
+end
+
 % remove the figure to prevent passwork leakage
 delete(hfig)
-
 
+end
+
 function keypress_cb(hObj, data, hpass)
 % Callback function to handle actual key strokes
 
@@ -55,4 +60,5 @@ function keypress_cb(hObj, data, hpass)
             pass = [pass data.Character];
     end
     set(hpass, 'userdata', pass)
-    set(hpass, 'String', char('*' * sign(pass)))
+    set(hpass, 'String', char('*' * sign(pass)))
+end

+dj/conn.m

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 % get password prompt option
 if nargin < 7 || isempty(nogui)
-    nogui = false;
+    nogui = ~usejava('desktop');
 end
 
 
@@ -117,4 +117,7 @@
 
 if nargout==0
     query(connObj, 'SELECT connection_id()')
-end
+end
+
+end
+

+dj/kill.m

@@ -7,34 +7,64 @@
 %   of the attributes of information_schema.processlist: ID, USER, HOST,
 %   DB, COMMAND, TIME, STATE, INFO.
 %
+%   dj.kill(restriction, connection) allows specifying the target connection.
+%   will use default connection (dj.conn) if not specified.
+%
+%   dj.kill(restriction, connection, order_by) allows providing an order_by
+%   argument. By default, output is lited by ID in ascending order.
+%
 %   Examples:
 %       dj.kill('HOST LIKE "%at-compute%"') lists only connections from
 %       at-compute.
 %
 %       dj.kill('TIME > 600') lists only connections older than 10 minutes.
+%
+%       dj.kill('', dj.conn, 'time') will display no restrictions for the 
+%         default connection ordered by TIME.
+%
+
+
+function kill(restriction, connection, order_by)
+
+if nargin < 3
+    order_by = {};
+end
 
-function kill(restriction)
+if nargin < 2
+    connection = dj.conn;
+end
 
 qstr = 'SELECT * FROM information_schema.processlist WHERE id <> CONNECTION_ID()';
+
 if nargin && ~isempty(restriction)
     qstr = sprintf('%s AND (%s)', qstr, restriction);
 end
-
+
+if isempty(order_by)
+    qstr = sprintf('%s ORDER BY id', qstr);
+else
+    if iscell(order_by)
+        qstr = sprintf('%s ORDER BY %s', qstr, strjoin(order_by, ','));
+    else
+        qstr = sprintf('%s ORDER BY %s', qstr, order_by);
+    end
+end
+
 while true
-    query(dj.conn, qstr)
+    query(connection, qstr)
     id = input('process to kill (''q''-quit, ''a''-all) > ', 's');
     if ischar(id) && strncmpi(id, 'q', 1)
         break
     elseif ischar(id) && strncmpi(id, 'a', 1)
-        res = query(dj.conn, qstr);
+        res = query(connection, qstr);
         id = double(res.ID)';
         for i = id
-            query(dj.conn, 'kill {Si}', i)
+            query(connection, 'kill {Si}', i)
         end
         break
     end
     id = sscanf(id,'%d');
     if ~isempty(id) 
-        query(dj.conn, 'kill {Si}', id(1))
+        query(connection, 'kill {Si}', id(1))
     end
 end

docs-parts/computation/06-distributed-computing_kill_order_by.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+
+For example, to sort the output by hostname in descending order:
+
+.. code-block:: matlab
+
+
+    dj.kill('', dj.conn, 'host desc');
+
+      ID   USER   HOST        DB   COMMAND   TIME   STATE   INFO   TIME_MS   ROWS_SENT   ROWS_EXAMINED 
+     +--+ +----+ +---------+ +--+ +-------+ +----+ +-----+ +----+ +-------+ +---------+ +-------------+
+      35   cat    localhost:38772   Sleep     94                    94040     0           0             
+      36   cat    localhost:36543   Sleep     68                    68421     1           0             
+
+    process to kill ('q'-quit, 'a'-all) > q