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Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: |> It seems that there is no way to know the postgres |> uptime, a sort of uptime() function could be usefull. |> I had recently the necessity of detect a node fail over, |> and the only way I can do it with a SQL connection is asking |> the engine uptime. Of course I can do it with PS but |> now that windows version is out I believe a platform |> indipendent way is required. Any objection to add it ? | | | That sounds like a cool idea to me, although I would suggest a function | pg_uptime() that returns an interval or something. | | However, adding a new function requires a re-initdb, so it's quite | unlikely this will be in for 8.0.
Even if the re-initdb was not necessary we are in beta, and usualy the new features are not allowed.
Regards Gaetano Mendola
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