How to stop a running query?

Question

I use RODBC to send queries to an SQL-Server. Sometimes they take too much time to run, so I need to cancel them.

Clicking the red \"stop\" button in RStudio yields this

Answer 1

Try to close your "tab query" on SQL Server Management Studio Then it will appear pop-up,

This Query is currently executing. Do you want to cancel this query ?

Cancel anyway, choose "yes".