Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think the mythical pg_ping utility should be written. It seems the > easiest way out of the problem.
If pg_ctl were still a shell script there would be some point in that, but since it's a C program it can certainly do anything a separate utility would do. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match