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Re: 2-phase commit

Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@postgresql.org>

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From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>, Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD <ZeugswetterA@spardat.at>, Andrew Sullivan <andrew@libertyrms.info>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2003-09-27T18:02:14Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 

On Sat, 27 Sep 2003, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> I have been thinking it might be time to start allowing external
> programs to be called when certain events occur that require
> administrative attention --- this would be a good case for that.
> Administrators could configure shell scripts to be run when the network
> connection fails or servers drop off the network, alerting them to the
> problem.  Throwing things into the server logs isn't _active_ enough.

Actually, apparently you can do this now ... there is apparently a "mail
module" for PostgreSQL that you can use to have the database send email's
out ...