Re: Listen / Notify - what to do when the queue is full

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, Andrew Chernow <ac(at)esilo(dot)com>, Joachim Wieland <joe(at)mcknight(dot)de>, Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, "Florian G(dot) Pflug" <fgp(at)phlo(dot)org>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Arnaud Betremieux <arnaud(dot)betremieux(at)keyconsulting(dot)fr>
Subject: Re: Listen / Notify - what to do when the queue is full
Date: 2010-02-10 01:22:50
Message-ID: 2019.1265764970@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> Jeff Davis wrote:
>> So, I think ASCII is the natural choice here.

> It's not worth hanging up this facility over this issue, ISTM. If we
> want something more that ASCII then a base64 or hex encoded string could
> possibly meet the need in the first instance.

Yeah, that would serve people who want to push either binary or
non-ASCII data through the pipe. It would leave all risks of encoding
problems on the user's head, though.

regards, tom lane

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