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From Rodrigo Barboza
Subject PGconn and fork
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Msg-id CANs8QJajRnuU-Yz26ZQnO7ymAj+wgDvNOZ4L7sWm6y6n7ZeypQ@mail.gmail.com
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Responses Re: PGconn and fork  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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<div dir="ltr">Hi, guys.<div style="style">I have a program in C, the createas a connection, do stuff, fork, exit child
andcontinues life.</div><div style="style">Supose that when I create de PGconn, I have 1 active connection in
postgres.</div><divstyle="style">When I fork, does it count as a second connection? I mean, will postrges interpretate
2active connections or they only share the same connection?</div><div style="style">I know that if the child process
executesome query, I can get unexpected results, but it doesn't, so I am safe about that.</div><div style="style">I'm
onlyworried that this can increase the number of connections and reach the limit of max_connections.</div></div> 

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