Re: [WIP] pg_ping utility

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Phil Sorber <phil(at)omniti(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [WIP] pg_ping utility
Date: 2012-11-26 15:26:27
Message-ID: 50B38A23.6020200@gmx.net
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On 11/23/12 9:48 AM, Michael Paquier wrote:
> We waited a couple of days for feedback for this feature. So based on
> all the comments provided by everybody on this thread, perhaps we should
> move on and implement the options that would make pg_ping a better
> wrapper for PQPing. Comments?

Personally, I still don't see the general utility of this. For
monitoring, psql -c 'select 1' is much more useful. For network
analysis, you can use network analysis tools. The niche for pg_ping in
between those is so narrow that I cannot see it.

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