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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Sunil Khatri <sunil@6dtech.co.in>
Cc: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: PQstatus is getting blocked when database sytem powered off
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:28:46 -0400
Message-ID: <714.1216747726@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <001901c8ec12$66ad2990$be00a8c0@6dBangalore.co.in>
References: <001901c8ec12$66ad2990$be00a8c0@6dBangalore.co.in>

"Sunil Khatri" <sunil@6dtech.co.in> writes:
> Problem is : PQstatus is getting blocked If the system on which database server is running is powered off.

Hardly likely, considering that PQstatus is just

ConnStatusType
PQstatus(const PGconn *conn)
{
	if (!conn)
		return CONNECTION_BAD;
	return conn->status;
}


I have no doubt that a query-issuing call could get blocked if the
postmaster stops responding, but not PQstatus.

			regards, tom lane



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