Re: Re: [BUGS] BUG #5650: Postgres service showing as stopped when in fact it is running

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Ashesh Vashi <ashesh(dot)vashi(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Mark Llewellyn <mark_llewellyn(at)adp(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Sujeet Rajguru <sujeet(dot)rajguru(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Re: [BUGS] BUG #5650: Postgres service showing as stopped when in fact it is running
Date: 2010-09-24 15:33:25
Message-ID: 13889.1285342405@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> writes:
> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> (Of course, a "pg_ping" utility would be a better answer, but nobody's
>> gotten around to that in more than ten years, so I'm not holding my
>> breath.)

> Hmm, that sounded like it could be my 9.1 mini project - then Google
> showed me that SeanC wrote something already.
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2003-07/msg00053.php

Huh, I wonder why we never adopted that? Although I'd be inclined to
do most of the heavy lifting inside libpq, myself, and this is way
more verbose than what pg_ctl wants.

regards, tom lane

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