David Schnur <dnschnur@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I develop an app that uses a back-end Postgres database, currently 8.3.9. > The database is started when the app starts up, and stopped when it shuts > down. Shutdown uses pg_ctl with -m fast, and waits two minutes for the > process to complete. If it doesn't, it tries -m immediate, and waits two > more minutes before logging an error and giving up. Hm, does it shut down properly if you use -m immediate immediately instead of trying fast first? regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin