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.TH ECHOPING_POSTGRESQL 1 "May 26, 2004"
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.SH NAME
echoping_postgresql \- echoping plugin which connects to a PostgreSQL RDBMS server
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B echoping
.RI [echoping\ options]
.RI -m\ postgresql
.B hostname
.RI [-c conninfo]
.RI [-e]
.RI [-r]
.RI [SQL-request]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
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postgresql is an echoping plugin to connect to PostgreSQL RDBMS servers.
.SH ARGUMENTS
.B [SQL-request]
The request to the PostgreSQL server (in SQL). Only SELECT are
supported. The default is 'SELECT now()'.
.TP
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-c, \-\-conninfo
Connection information for the Postgresql server. Something like 'dbname=bar'
.TP
.B \-r, \-\-readall
Read all the data sent by the Postgresql server
.TP
.B \-e, \-\-connect-each-time
(Re)connect to the Postgresql server at each iteration
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR echoping (1),
.SH AUTHOR
Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortz@users.sourceforge.net>