On Fri, Sep 2, 2022 at 5:43 PM Christophe Pettus wrote:
>
> > On Sep 2, 2022, at 14:22, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> > Given the NOTES in the man page, how do we determine if a user and
> > database are present using the shell? Is there another utility we
> > should be using?
>
> pg_isready literally
Ron writes:
> On 9/2/22 17:21, Tom Lane wrote:
>> That's a feature actually. The intended use of pg_isready is to
>> find out if the server is alive, not whether any particular user
>> or database name is correct.
> Then what's the point of the --username=USERNAME connection option?
That's expl
On 9/2/22 17:33, Ron wrote:
On 9/2/22 17:21, Tom Lane wrote:
Jeffrey Walton writes:
I have another beginner question. I am trying to use pg_isready to
determine if a database and user are present. The program seems to
always succeed, even when I delete the user or the database.
That's a featu
On 9/2/22 17:21, Tom Lane wrote:
Jeffrey Walton writes:
I have another beginner question. I am trying to use pg_isready to
determine if a database and user are present. The program seems to
always succeed, even when I delete the user or the database.
That's a feature actually. The intended us
Jeffrey Walton writes:
> I have another beginner question. I am trying to use pg_isready to
> determine if a database and user are present. The program seems to
> always succeed, even when I delete the user or the database.
That's a feature actually. The intended use of pg_isready is to
find out
On Friday, September 2, 2022, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
>
> Given the NOTES in the man page, how do we determine if a user and
> database are present using the shell? Is there another utility we
> should be using?
>
Literally every other shell program that requires logging into the database
will fai
> On Sep 2, 2022, at 14:22, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> Given the NOTES in the man page, how do we determine if a user and
> database are present using the shell? Is there another utility we
> should be using?
pg_isready literally only checks that the server can be reached over the
connection pat
Hi Everyone,
I have another beginner question. I am trying to use pg_isready to
determine if a database and user are present. The program seems to
always succeed, even when I delete the user or the database.
This baffles me from the man page. I guess this explains the behavior
I am seeing.
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