Re: how to test whether postgres server is running?

netstat -anp | grep postmaster

This will tell you if postmater is listening on the port.

If you do not have root access then

netstat -an | grep 5432

HTH

Darren

On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Reynard Hilman wrote:

>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I run into problem where pg_pconnect (in php script) failed to get
> connection to the postgres server even when the server is actually
> running because the server is too busy (serving too many requests).
>
> So I want to check from php script if postgres server is running. The
> only way I could think of to is telnet the server on port 5432 (where
> postgres is listening).
>
> Does someone know a better way to check if postgres server is running?
>
> thanks
> - reynard
>
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