Re: [PATCH] pg_isready (was: [WIP] pg_ping utility)

On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 12:27:45PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Phil Sorber <phil@omniti.com> writes:
>> > On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> [rhaas pgsql]$ pg_isready -h www.google.com
>> >> <grows old, dies>
>>
>> > Do you think we should have a default timeout, or only have one if
>> > specified at the command line?
>>
>> +1 for default timeout --- if this isn't like "ping" where you are
>> expecting to run indefinitely, I can't see that it's a good idea for it
>> to sit very long by default, in any circumstance.
>
> FYI, the pg_ctl -w (wait) default is 60 seconds:
>
>         from pg_ctl.c:
>
>         #define DEFAULT_WAIT    60
>

Great. That is what I came to on my own as well. Figured that might be
a sticking point, but as there is precedent, I'm happy with it.

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