Re: [HACKERS] API like mysql_ping

2005-08-25 Thread Tom Lane
Oliver Jowett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sivakumar K wrote: >> Do we have an API like mysql_ping to check whether the server is up and >> running after the connection has been established? > At the protocol level, you could send Sync and wait for ReadyForQuery. At the client level, the easiest

Re: [HACKERS] API like mysql_ping

2005-08-25 Thread Greg Sabino Mullane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 >> PQstatus perhaps? >> >> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/libpq-status.html > This only returns the last status, not the current. > pgAdmin uses SELECT 1 for this. Better still: PQtransactionStatus, followed by a quick PQexec of "SE

Re: [HACKERS] API like mysql_ping

2005-08-25 Thread Oliver Jowett
Sivakumar K wrote: > Do we have an API like mysql_ping to check whether the server is up and > running after the connection has been established? At the protocol level, you could send Sync and wait for ReadyForQuery. -O ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP

Re: [HACKERS] API like mysql_ping

2005-08-25 Thread Andreas Pflug
Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: PQstatus perhaps? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/libpq-status.html This only returns the last status, not the current. pgAdmin uses SELECT 1 for this. Regards, Andreas ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP

Re: [HACKERS] API like mysql_ping

2005-08-25 Thread Christopher Kings-Lynne
PQstatus perhaps? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/libpq-status.html Chris Sivakumar K wrote: Do we have an API like mysql_ping to check whether the server is up and running after the connection has been established? I checked the PostgreSQL docs but of no use. Is there