Kevin Grittner wrote: > The reason is that we don't want certain other processes attempting to > start until and unless the database they use has started successfully.
This is something we're not quite ready on, yet. We need some mechanism that allows scripts to verify not only that postmaster started, but also that it has finished recovery. You can sort-of do it by attempting a connection and checking the error message, but it's ugly. There was talk about a pg_ping utility years ago, but nobody got around to writing it ... -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
