Zdenek Kotala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> The start script does not typically have the intelligence to get this >> right, particularly not the is-shmem-still-in-use part. If you check >> the archives you will find many of us on record telling people who think >> they should remove the pidfile in their start script that they're crazy.
> It is true, but question is what way is better. Keep all logic in > postmaster or improve pg_ctl to share more information and keep > responsibility on start scripts or monitoring tool which has more > information about system as complex. If you have conditions PG doesn't know about, you're free to test for them in your start script. I see no reason to change this code, however. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match