"madhtr" <madhtr(at)schif(dot)org> writes:
> From: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
>> ... although it takes a good long while (several seconds) because of the
>> "sleep(1)" in the interaction with the postmaster.
> Sleep(1) should be only 1/1000 of a second. I do that so I don't hammer the
> processor with my while loop when i am not using a select().
Ah. I was interpreting it in Unix terms, where sleep() measures in
seconds. With a wait of a few msec it might not be too intolerable.
regards, tom lane