Re: [PATCH] pg_isready (was: [WIP] pg_ping utility)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Phil Sorber <phil(at)omniti(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Erik Rijkers <er(at)xs4all(dot)nl>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pg_isready (was: [WIP] pg_ping utility)
Date: 2013-01-23 17:27:45
Message-ID: 21971.1358962065@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Phil Sorber <phil(at)omniti(dot)com> writes:
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> [rhaas pgsql]$ pg_isready -h www.google.com
>> <grows old, dies>

> Do you think we should have a default timeout, or only have one if
> specified at the command line?

+1 for default timeout --- if this isn't like "ping" where you are
expecting to run indefinitely, I can't see that it's a good idea for it
to sit very long by default, in any circumstance.

regards, tom lane

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