John,
you could always rely on your script where you check if db handler is
alive and if not then show gentle error message with link to www.pgsql.ru
Oleg
On Sun, 5 Dec 2004, John Hansen wrote:
>>> Using the list archive search function currently fails with
>>> 503 Service Unavailable.
>>>
>>> Should messages about list archive problems go to pgsql-general, or
>>> would it be better to use one of the other lists like bugs, hackers,
>
>>> or www?
>>
>> I think complaints should go to -www list. btw, www.pgsql.ru
>> is working and I think it could be as 'backstop' for main
>> search engine, for example on "server error" there could link
>> to http://www.pgsql.ru/db/pgsearch/index.html?set=archives
>
> Not a bad idea, but I won't be able to implement that, as the frontend
> does not allow per virtual host error pages. - Unless someone is willing
> to write a patch for pound (http://www.apsis.ch/pound).
>
> Btw, this would have been caught earlier, if not for the fact that I've
> been without an internet connection @ home for the past few days. Db
> backend server OS had shut down for yet to be determined reasons.
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> John
>
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Oleg
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