---
name: "echoping_postgresql"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "echoping"
version: "6.0.2-10"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/echoping_postgresql"
---

# echoping\_postgresql(1)

echoping plugin which connects to a PostgreSQL RDBMS server

## NAME

echoping\_postgresql - echoping plugin which connects to a PostgreSQL RDBMS server

## SYNOPSIS

**echoping** \[echoping options\] -m postgresql **hostname** \[-c*conninfo\]* \[-e\] \[-r\] \[SQL-request\]

## DESCRIPTION

postgresql is an echoping plugin to connect to PostgreSQL RDBMS servers.

## ARGUMENTS

**\[SQL-request\]** The request to the PostgreSQL server (in SQL). Only SELECT are supported. The default is 'SELECT now()'.

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  ## OPTIONS

- **-c, --conninfo**

  Connection information for the Postgresql server. Something like 'dbname=bar'

- **-r, --readall**

  Read all the data sent by the Postgresql server

- **-e, --connect-each-time**

  (Re)connect to the Postgresql server at each iteration

## SEE ALSO

[**echoping**(1)](/echoping/1.md),

## AUTHOR

Stephane Bortzmeyer \<bortz@users.sourceforge.net\>