"Ross J. Reedstrom" <reedstrm@wallace.ece.rice.edu> writes:
> Hmm, what about threads in the frontend? Anyone know if libpq is thread
> safe, and if not, how hard it might be to make it so?
It is not; the main reason why not is a brain-dead part of the API that
exposes modifiable global variables. Check the mail list archives
(probably psql-interfaces, but maybe -hackers) for previous discussions
with details. Earlier this year I think, or maybe late 98.
regards, tom lane
