Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> Ok. But I think the buffer size as a whole needs to be fixed, no? And if
> so, we probably need some limit on message size to prevent "NOTIFY
> some_event 'a really long string'; " from filling up the buffer in one hit.
>
> I'm also trying to figure out what a reasonable default buffer size will
> be. Thinking of the needs for which I will be providing (one listener,
> small names/payloads), 256Kb or 512Kb would be ample, possibly even
> excessive. But other users might have bigger needs.
Make it configurable via GUC.
What will happen when the ring is full? NOTIFY blocks?
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