Re: pg_ctl reload query

Thanks for the reply.

I am sure i didn't issue the restart command. i only did the reload.

I'll find out from my other team mates if they issued any restart
command by mistake.

Thanks again.

Regards,
Shilpa


Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 04:01:00PM +1030, Shilpa Sudhakar wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Wanted to know what does pg_ctl do in the background when we run *pg_ctl
>> -D datadir reload *
>>
>
> It sends a SIGHUP to the back end.
>
>
>> command. Generally, it just reloads the files and everything works fine.
>> But strangely, last time when we ran the reload command and tried to
>> access *psql dbname, *
>> It gives a message *"database shutting down" *
>>
>
> Are you sure you didn't issue "restart" instead?  It's an easy enough
> mistake to make.
>
> A
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