On 1/10/17 10:58 AM, Robert Haas wrote: > On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 5:18 PM, Peter Eisentraut > <peter.eisentr...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: >> For additional entertainment, I include patches that integrate >> background sessions into dblink. So dblink can open a connection to a >> background session, and then you can use the existing dblink functions >> to send queries, read results, etc. People use dblink to make >> self-connections to get autonomous subsessions, so this would directly >> address that use case. The 0001 patch is some prerequisite refactoring >> to remove an ugly macro mess, which is useful independent of this. 0002 >> is the actual patch. > > Would that constitute a complete replacement for pg_background?
I think so. -- Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers