Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> I think FATALALL is good, because it tells you exactly what is going on,
> namely the same as FATAL but for all sessions.
But it isn't the same. If all backends FATAL'ed at once, that wouldn't
provoke the postmaster to wipe shared memory and run a WAL recovery
cycle.
What do you think of Karl's suggestion of PANIC?
regards, tom lane