On ons, 2010-08-11 at 09:55 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > BTW, I don't know why anyone would think that "a random number" would > offer any advantage here. I'd use the postmaster PID, which is > guaranteed to be unique across the space that you're worried about. > In fact, you could implement this off the existing postmaster.pid, > no need for any new file. What's lacking is the pg_ping protocol.
Why not just compare pg_backend_pid() with postmaster.pid? -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers