Phil Sorber <phil@omniti.com> writes:
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
>> [rhaas pgsql]$ pg_isready -h www.google.com
>> <grows old, dies>
> Do you think we should have a default timeout, or only have one if
> specified at the command line?
+1 for default timeout --- if this isn't like "ping" where you are
expecting to run indefinitely, I can't see that it's a good idea for it
to sit very long by default, in any circumstance.
regards, tom lane