Re: Proposal - asynchronous functions

From: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Sim Zacks <sim(at)compulab(dot)co(dot)il>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Proposal - asynchronous functions
Date: 2011-04-26 12:15:09
Message-ID: BANLkTin5S-yc8n-gAqQN7b9SX5TD22ER-Q@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 3:28 AM, Sim Zacks <sim(at)compulab(dot)co(dot)il> wrote:
> Asynchronous functions
>
> *Problem*
> Postgresql does not have support for asynchronous function calls.

Well, there is asynchronous support from the client of course. Thus
you can set up a asynchronous call back to the database with dblink.
There is some discussion about formalizing this feature -- you might
want to read up on autonomous transactions and how they might be used
to do what you are proposing.

merlin

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