On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 04:01:00PM +1030, Shilpa Sudhakar wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Wanted to know what does pg_ctl do in the background when we run *pg_ctl
> -D datadir reload *
It sends a SIGHUP to the back end.
> command. Generally, it just reloads the files and everything works fine.
> But strangely, last time when we ran the reload command and tried to
> access *psql dbname, *
> It gives a message *"database shutting down" *
Are you sure you didn't issue "restart" instead? It's an easy enough
mistake to make.
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