On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:14:03 +0100 "M.-A. Lemburg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 2008-01-11 17:35, Mike Meyer wrote: > > I have an application that's using oracle (via cx_Oracle) to log > > events (among other things). It runs in multiple processes, forking > > new processes as it needs them. > > > > I.e. > > > > db = cx_Oracle.connect(.....) > > cu = db.cursor() > > > > [do various things, including sql inserts and commits] > > > > if fork(): > > # Parent wants to keep the existing database connection. > > else: > > # Child wants a database connection. > > > > So the question is - what should the child do to get a database > > connection? Can it just keep using the existing db & cu variables? If > > not, does it need to do anything special, or avoid doing anything, in > > order to not disrupt the parent processes use of those variables? > > That depends on the database module you're using. As stated, cx_Oracle. > In general, it's better to avoid all this and only load the module > for the first time after the fork (both in the parent and child > processes). Not possible. Which is why I need to find out what to do to make oracle (via cx_Oracle) happy. <mike -- Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information. _______________________________________________ DB-SIG maillist - DB-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/db-sig