| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Phil Sorber <phil(at)omniti(dot)com>, 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>, 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 18:58:24 |
| Message-ID: | 20130123185824.GB23670@momjian.us |
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On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 12:27:45PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> 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.
FYI, the pg_ctl -w (wait) default is 60 seconds:
from pg_ctl.c:
#define DEFAULT_WAIT 60
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com
+ It's impossible for everything to be true. +
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