"David Parker" <dparker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Does pg_ctl status return true even if the database is not ready yet to > receive requests? pg_ctl status just checks that the postmaster process is present. (Until very recently, it wasn't even a bulletproof test for that...) regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org