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getnotify

Name

getnotify -- gets the last notify from the server

Synopsis

getnotify()

Parameters

none

Return Type

tuple, None

Last notify from server

Exceptions

TypeError

Too many (any) arguments.

pg.error

Invalid connection.

Description

getnotify() method tries to get a notify from the server (from the SQL statement NOTIFY). If the server returns no notify, the methods returns None. Otherwise, it returns a tuple (couple) (relname, pid), where relname is the name of the notify and pid the process id of the connection that triggered the notify. Remember to do a listen query first otherwise getnotify will always return None.