Re: [PATCH] Implement motd for PostgreSQL

On Fri, Apr 2, 2021, at 23:09, Marko Tiikkaja wrote:
> Hi Joel
>
> On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 11:47 PM Joel Jacobson <joel(at)compiler(dot)org> wrote:
>> PostgreSQL has since long been suffering from the lack of a proper UNIX style motd (message of the day).
>
> First of all, thanks for your work on this! I think this is an important feature to have, but I would love to see a way to have a set of strings from which you choose a random one to display. That way you could brighten your day with random positive messages.
>
>
> -marko

Fun idea! I implemented it as a Perl script using the fortune command.

There are quite a lot of elephant jokes in the fortune database actually.

$ sudo apt install fortune-mod

$ crontab -l
0 0 * * * bash -c "/usr/local/bin/fortune_slony.pl | psql"

$ psql
NOTICE:
____ ______ ___
/ )/ \/ \
( / __ _\ )
\ (/ o) ( o) )
\_ (_ ) \ ) /
\ /\_/ \)_/
\/ //| |\\
v | | v
\__/
Q: Know what the difference between your latest project
and putting wings on an elephant is?
A: Who knows? The elephant *might* fly, heh, heh...

/Joel