I committed this with minor tweaks to avoid having to scan the
registered workers list on each registration. Opinions on this error
report are still welcome:
> + ereport(LOG,
> + (errcode(ERRCODE_CONFIGURATION_LIMIT_EXCEEDED),
> + errmsg("too many background workers"),
> + errdetail("Up to %d background workers can be registered with the current
settings.",
> + MAX_BACKENDS - (MaxConnections + autovacuum_max_workers + 1))));
Thanks to everyone for their input --- and happy 2013 hacking to all.
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Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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