Tom Lane wrote: > 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.
Well, pg_ctl would not be the only user of such an utility. Things like (say) control panels for shared hosting could benefit from it as well. As would system health monitors. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
