Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1vNZSi-006tv5-0K for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2025 16:30:48 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1vNZSg-001yOP-2T for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2025 16:30:47 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1vNZSg-001yOH-1O for pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2025 16:30:46 +0000 Received: from mail-oo1-xc36.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::c36]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1vNZSe-001G6I-2o for pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2025 16:30:46 +0000 Received: by mail-oo1-xc36.google.com with SMTP id 006d021491bc7-65363319bacso1833493eaf.2 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2025 08:30:44 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1764001843; x=1764606643; darn=lists.postgresql.org; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=mEmWopxlVa8Lv0PhsF/MSU2R7+p3CxoRQUwJ+JNj4Kc=; b=eYHU2i9iiOpqmmoZkUAZTohEErLCBHtJr6pR/J6P2LG5mdmoVLZqt9Wy2LeXKJtXwn hFHuLxtgHhaCmI8v6+x+Gyg7RM8G+L5j0CWzniQFuOq/YtZxPY0E9clVN56cTMEPKwkJ cnKCGTw+P0S4E6cZ5C8mi1UReXPZR1n/DiuJpiq8FaTtAjP5TwzpjsVYQan82s3Qevdc QBaNQ0kkSowBB6C6z8wzTD4JgXfxYoCyimasUUEMZTz58AqiYjiCMZyoxo3bF4nTonqD P5eb587rV+C2l/0gACO/ANWrR7Ub7w9oJcOmH0Blz/5ZSKQYRim0ghNLVJZMlD8pgdsO tNow== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1764001843; x=1764606643; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:x-gm-gg:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=mEmWopxlVa8Lv0PhsF/MSU2R7+p3CxoRQUwJ+JNj4Kc=; b=HXzfxxn3UEUdQUdbVdexdrAbUfHR27BW5ovGEZIvXWbSXLXggPY6x8vNf2Ksdny2Hl Y7sDnJhRODNEct/zvp7nPv4LKQfSOcg/uaLkyhWpHTk88KiSWHx+SUXtREUvmOHiZWq+ Kt2oMLflCExuU4XuUoXAD3+hmmsb8t8CiwSe75hT1HkS4KNX6b+/gQ0Ry99v6b7QUoW8 NIrPXVkWcsOYfai0gsDLAJtcBrAolP8GSb0erHg2JJVdWfawM3FWgtIX8Rs3R4CIQyob bCpp6TEtzA/aGWPGQRuuianDO+0aVqBsANSidKFeK9L39R/ZNf40bvTPsjkk8ds5yJzj w8sw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YxJavmbCUovtvRnwhr42jSbSjjcIWfkN3D2biUfdigiPfOOY5Ra oEvSDY/pkIe6jL247zzhpwSQgRJ6Soqutr3T6zfM+eLLIjJ0nVoVuf4k4CQKb+cZ2NJVxiUyirn wyQqFtmNE6Z8B10SedmrbP1U77I9wTF0= X-Gm-Gg: ASbGncuk2Xhk2ZOvtIk8lXvwBrUrE9Snxcvfz4fWqt/tFqdusq+KnUagpELunN6Ls2E r7xM0dh1nlyB/OkBXf+a6UmQee5LYB7QmuwyBO4IOTm0XfgmuN41N0a7XS3ms5mdJbvWCr81LdQ 2WFHZ1cHd7lo5DrsWtTP+IjVBgRj4N9RrMHJ9xXXmmo2AZ4GumZEvyZf1GWGXWSZNO/Xr1sEcAQ pRXFpj1UerxeU01I4d4nZYkEO49SLIrPEVDuxYL0hReGsuk3X/OoIBeNE4mXGHp9ik8r50= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IGfMOOseMeMvLWBp+0tQypSqhh8XSnZdAWQdbuNTBcFOKGntxajU93S0mprwjgkjPOmBzSnxCsHz53J1PLoUjI= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6820:134e:b0:656:84e7:8fde with SMTP id 006d021491bc7-65790b03dcdmr5080008eaf.3.1764001842646; Mon, 24 Nov 2025 08:30:42 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:ac9:1c04:0:b0:605:7731:c473 with HTTP; Mon, 24 Nov 2025 08:30:41 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: "David G. Johnston" Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:30:41 -0600 X-Gm-Features: AWmQ_bmsQ0G-9wQDSiIQxT1AJPN8YkMg45T20KHrPu7VhYHTF9Zx9L_PYHClaaE Message-ID: Subject: Re: Is the pg_isready database name relevant? To: Ron Johnson Cc: Pgsql-admin Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000036d3d6064459afbc" List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk --00000000000036d3d6064459afbc Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Monday, November 24, 2025, Ron Johnson wrote: > The "-d, --dbname=3DDBNAME" option is mentioned in --help output, but > pg_isready ignores nonexistent databases. > > Is this an application bug, a minor doc bug or am I missing something? > It=E2=80=99s documented in the Notes section. David J. --00000000000036d3d6064459afbc Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Monday, November 24, 2025, Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com> wrote:
The "-d, --dbname=3DDBNAME" o= ption is mentioned in --help output, but pg_isready ignores=C2=A0nonexisten= t=C2=A0databases.

Is this an application bug, a mi= nor doc bug or am I=C2=A0missing something?

It=E2=80=99s documented in the Notes section.
David J.
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