*** ./src/backend/port/win32/socket.c.orig	Mon Oct  9 10:39:53 2006
--- ./src/backend/port/win32/socket.c	Mon Oct  9 15:44:24 2006
***************
*** 132,137 ****
--- 132,159 ----
  
  	current_socket = s;
  
+ 	/*
+ 	 * See comments about FD_WRITE and WSASelectEvent
+ 	 * in pgwin32_select()
+ 	 */
+ 	if ( (what & FD_WRITE) != 0 ) {
+ 		char	c;
+ 		WSABUF	buf;
+ 		DWORD	sent;
+ 
+ 		buf.buf = &c;
+ 		buf.len = 0;
+ 		r = WSASend(s, &buf, 1, &sent, 0, NULL, NULL);
+ 
+ 		if (r == 0)         /* Completed - means things are fine! */
+ 			return 1;
+ 		else if ( WSAGetLastError() != WSAEWOULDBLOCK )
+ 		{
+ 			TranslateSocketError();
+ 			return 0;
+ 		}
+ 	}
+ 
  	if (WSAEventSelect(s, waitevent, what) == SOCKET_ERROR)
  	{
  		TranslateSocketError();