Sushrut Shivaswamy <sushrut.shivasw...@gmail.com> writes: > I'm developing a postgres extension as a custom Table Interface method > definition. > WIthin the extension, I"m planning to create two background processes using > `fork()` that will process data in the background.
> Are there any recommendations / guidelines around creating background > processes within extensions in postgres? fork() is entirely the wrong way to do it, mainly because when the creating session exits the postmaster will be unaware of those now-disconnected child processes. See the mechanisms for creating background worker processes (start with bgworker.h). regards, tom lane