Hi, Here is the script in windows for refference and will the PostgreSQL DB availability. If configure mail_send command in windows, we can send e-mails as well. @ECHO OFF set PSQL="C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.1\bin" set DBNAME="template1" set USER="postgres" set PORT="5432" set RES="Not Pinging" %PSQL%\psql -Atq -c "SELECT 'ping'" -p %PORT% -U %USER% %DBNAME% > _Res.txt set /p RES= echo %RES% IF %RES% EQU ping (echo "No need to send any exceptional e-mail") else (echo "PostgreSQL seems not pinging.. Need to send an e-mail to RDBA") Hope this helps you a lot ... --Dinesh