Re: [GENERAL] postgres libpq library

From: Peter Eisentraut <e99re41(at)DoCS(dot)UU(dot)SE>
To: Massimo Pichini <massimo(at)webbridges(dot)it>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] postgres libpq library
Date: 1999-12-02 09:14:43
Message-ID: Pine.GSO.4.02A.9912021012030.893-100000@Krokodil.DoCS.UU.SE
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On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Massimo Pichini wrote:

> I guess that the postgres it-self is not designated as a multi-threaded
> server. I was wondering if the library is instead thread safe (i.e.: if
> it can be safely called from multi-threaded applications).

That's a definite no.

I'm not even sure if there is a chance of cleaning that up in finite time,
after all many C libraries are not very thread-safe either.

Perhaps this CORBA stuff that has been thrown around lately can help
there, but that's merely in the proposal stage right now.

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Peter Eisentraut Sernanders vaeg 10:115
peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net 75262 Uppsala
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