David Wall <d(dot)wall(at)computer(dot)org> writes:
>> IIRC, it works conveniently in 8.2 and up. Just do pg_ctl stop -m fast.
> Thanks, Tom. What about if the postmaster is just killed (kill pid, or
> kill -9 pid) or the server/OS crashes? Will PG 8.3 in recovery mode be
> able to come back up okay and resume recovery?
Server crash is okay. kill -9 on a postmaster is never a good idea, for
reasons I don't feel like repeating --- see the archives.
regards, tom lane