Patch applied. Thanks.
I simplified your test and made the error message a #define that is now
used consistently in all places. Patch attached.
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Sean Chittenden wrote:
pg_ctl(1)'s -w option works well if the default
Added to TODO:
* Allow libpq to access SQLSTATE so pg_ctl can test for connection failure
This would be used for checking if the server is up.
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Sean Chittenden wrote:
... it should have a SQLSTATE assigned, so
pg_ctl(1)'s -w option works well if the default user can automatically
authenticate without any user intervention. The attached patch checks
the error message to see if it's asking for a password. The theory
being that if it's asking for a password, the backend is up. I'm not
entirely happy
... it should have a SQLSTATE assigned, so you could
check for ERRCODE_INVALID_AUTHORIZATION_SPECIFICATION ...
Ok, I've read over the code a little bit... it doesn't seem like
there's an obvious way to get the error code via libpq(3).
Hmmm ... I was thinking of PQresultErrorField, but you don't
