> 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.
Chris