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From: David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
To: Ron Johnson <[email protected]>
Cc: Pgsql-admin <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Is the pg_isready database name relevant?
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:45:53 -0600
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On Monday, November 24, 2025, Ron Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM David G. Johnston <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Monday, November 24, 2025, Ron Johnson <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> The "-d, --dbname=DBNAME" 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’s documented in the Notes section.
>>
>
> That seems odd.  Why mention an option in --help if the option isn't
> needed?
>

Because it exists - and I figure most people should use it to not put
spurious errors into the logs.

David J.


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