Tom Lane wrote: > At one time there was discussion of writing a "pg_ping" utility program > to do exactly this, but it still hasn't got done. You can fake it to > some extent by just running "psql -l >/dev/null" and checking the exit > code, but this does require supplying a valid username and possibly a > password (because psql's exit code doesn't distinguish "could not > connect" from authentication errors). > > BTW, "pg_ctl status" doesn't answer this need because it only looks for > a postmaster.pid file, it doesn't attempt to verify that the postmaster > is really alive.
Is improving this a TODO item for pg_ctl? -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend
