DELIMITER $$ DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS mysql.mywatch_kill $$ CREATE PROCEDURE mysql.mywatch_kill (IN i BIGINT) COMMENT 'Kill a query found in information_schema.processlist by ID' -- It seems reasonable that this procedure kills the connection, not just -- the query, because of the `DELETE` HTTP method on the process id. If the -- connection is not killed, the process id remains. BEGIN DECLARE n BIGINT; SELECT id INTO n FROM information_schema.processlist WHERE info IS NOT NULL AND host <> '' -- means non-system user AND id = i; IF (n IS NOT NULL) THEN KILL n; -- Use `CALL mysql.rds_kill(n);` on RDS END IF; END $$ DELIMITER ;