Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL network discovery

2008-10-29 Thread Tom Lane
"Gevik Babakhani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I asked this question because I have a situation where a service like this > would be very useful. If such a functionality would be accepted by the core > team, I am willing to work on it. The existing code uses APIs that Apple has deprecated, so it'

Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL network discovery

2008-10-29 Thread Gevik Babakhani
ctober 29, 2008 8:50 PM > To: Gevik Babakhani > Cc: 'PGSQL Hackers' > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL network discovery > > Gevik Babakhani wrote: > > Hi, > > > > There is a nice little feature within MSSQL where it is possible to > > enumerate all

Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL network discovery

2008-10-29 Thread Gevik Babakhani
If I am not mistaken, it only works fine on OSX environments. (I might be very wrong here) > -Original Message- > From: Magnus Hagander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 8:47 PM > To: Gevik Babakhani > Cc: 'PGSQL Hackers' > Subje

Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL network discovery

2008-10-29 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Gevik Babakhani wrote: > Hi, > > There is a nice little feature within MSSQL where it is possible to > enumerate all MSSQL servers on the local network. > I wonder how this can be made possible with PG. Pinging every IP:PGPORT > within the current subnet is one of the options but I guess that wou

Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL network discovery

2008-10-29 Thread Magnus Hagander
Gevik Babakhani wrote: > Hi, > > There is a nice little feature within MSSQL where it is possible to > enumerate all MSSQL servers on the local network. > I wonder how this can be made possible with PG. Pinging every IP:PGPORT > within the current subnet is one of the options but I guess that wou

[HACKERS] PostgreSQL network discovery

2008-10-29 Thread Gevik Babakhani
Hi, There is a nice little feature within MSSQL where it is possible to enumerate all MSSQL servers on the local network. I wonder how this can be made possible with PG. Pinging every IP:PGPORT within the current subnet is one of the options but I guess that would be just a bad solution. Any tho