Mike Mascari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Actually, I meant that setenv() and getenv() would only be used to > store the memory address of a privately manipulated variable map. I > did not mean that it should actually be used to store and retrieve the > variables themselves. If there is already a way to palloc() memory > using a key that lives for the lifetime of a backend, then that's > obviously the way to go.
Plain old static pointer variable would do fine ... look for instance at the remote-connections table in contrib/dblink/dblink.c. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]