Your options range from doing something simple to something complex. A simple option on a Linux server would be placing a command like this in /etc/rc/rc.local:
su - postgres -C "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl -D ;/usr/local/pgsql/data -l /usr/local/pgsql/logfile start" However, that might not be the optimal choice for every situation, because it doesn't take into account WHY the system rebooted. A system that rebooted because of a power/UPS issue might need to be treated differently than one that rebooted because of a hardware failure or kernel panic. (And just because postgres can restart the database, that doesn't always mean it should. Even a well-written startup script might not know enough to make that decision for you.) This might be good material for a tutorial on the wiki site, with some system-specific sections. -- Mike Nolan
