| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD <ZeugswetterA(at)spardat(dot)at>, Andrew Sullivan <andrew(at)libertyrms(dot)info>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: 2-phase commit |
| Date: | 2003-09-27 20:12:57 |
| Message-ID: | 200309272012.h8RKCvI05677@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, 27 Sep 2003, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > I have been thinking it might be time to start allowing external
> > programs to be called when certain events occur that require
> > administrative attention --- this would be a good case for that.
> > Administrators could configure shell scripts to be run when the network
> > connection fails or servers drop off the network, alerting them to the
> > problem. Throwing things into the server logs isn't _active_ enough.
>
> Actually, apparently you can do this now ... there is apparently a "mail
> module" for PostgreSQL that you can use to have the database send email's
> out ...
The only part that needs to be added is the ability to call an external
program when some even occurs, like a database write failure.
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