Ummm... You can write a driver in JS code that use require('net'). And in
that module, the socket I/O is, at the end, managed by LibUv. The same for
require('fs') for file I/O.

Am I right?

And yes, the driver could be implemented in C, and then, it should call
LibUv in some way.

Angel "Java" Lopez
@ajlopez



On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 4:26 PM, Matt <[email protected]> wrote:

> But unfortunately isn't how it works at all, unless the database driver in
> question is using C libraries which use the thread pool (which most of them
> don't these days).
>
> It's all about the event loop. Here's how an event loop works:
> http://baudehlo.com/2013/02/14/how-an-event-loop-works/
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 12:53 PM, Reza Razavipour <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> makes perfect sense, thank you
>>
>> Regards,
>> Reza
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 9:16 AM, Angel Java Lopez 
>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> JavaScript in Node is single thread. But async I/O is derived to LibUv,
>>> that uses threads. Usually, a DB driver calls the database server, using
>>> sockets. Then, that communication will be handle by LibUv, returning the
>>> results in a callback. Your single JS threads is available for other tasks
>>>
>>> Angel "Java" Lopez
>>> @ajlopez
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Reza Razavipour <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> If node is single threaded and I can only be making one database call
>>>> at any time, what is the point of having a pool of db connnections?
>>>>
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