Re: Is this valid?

On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 23:58, Weiping He wrote:
> Wei Weng wrote:
>
> >I am not sure if this is the right mailing list I talk to. Please let me
> >know if I had violated any unwritten rules. :)
> >
> >I have a global variable PGconn* m_pgconn that is the connection handle
> >for connecting to the postgresql database. Can I access/use the handle
> >from multiple threads? Say I have a thread that does some insertion
> >through this handle/database connection(m_pgconn) and also another
> >thread that do some insertion *on the same table* through this
> >handle(m_pgconn), will that break?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >
> >
> >
> I don't think it's a good idea to use global variable
> in multi-thread environment.
> I think use different handle in differents is better.
>
> libpq is thread safe, but it doesn't necessary mean
> that you could free of your own code.
>
Is it going to be resource draining if I make lots of connections in a
very short time?

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Wei Weng
Network Software Engineer
KenCast Inc.