Scott Marlowe <smarlowe@g2switchworks.com> writes:
> On Wed, 2005-03-23 at 10:11, Edson Vilhena de Carvalho wrote:
>> active backend server processes. I would like to know
>> what is a active backend server processes.
> In PostgreSQL every connection spawns a new backend that operates on the
> database semi-independently, cooperating with the other backends by
> means of shared memory.
See
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/tutorial-arch.htmlhttp://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/connect-estab.html
regards, tom lane
