Re: forking child processes in src/backend/main/main.c - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: forking child processes in src/backend/main/main.c
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Msg-id 12895.1051189437@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to forking child processes in src/backend/main/main.c  ("S -" <nat_lazy@hotmail.com>)
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"S -" <nat_lazy@hotmail.com> writes:
> In our project, we have unix socket networking going on and the Postgresql 
> code is the server in this process. We would want the postgresql database to 
> run as usual while it is transferring data (as a server) to another program 
> (the client, in our case, a GUI). Therefore, we would want to fork another 
> process that acts as the server.

What exactly is this doing that's different from having two separate
database connections served by two backend processes?
        regards, tom lane



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