Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > > On Sat, 27 Sep 2003, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > I have been thinking it might be time to start allowing external > > programs to be called when certain events occur that require > > administrative attention --- this would be a good case for that. > > Administrators could configure shell scripts to be run when the network > > connection fails or servers drop off the network, alerting them to the > > problem. Throwing things into the server logs isn't _active_ enough. > > Actually, apparently you can do this now ... there is apparently a "mail > module" for PostgreSQL that you can use to have the database send email's > out ...
The only part that needs to be added is the ability to call an external program when some even occurs, like a database write failure. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
