Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > One solution is for me to continue with this in the Win32 CVS version > > until I have fork/exec() working on Unix, then test on Win32. I think > > that could be done in a few weeks, if not less. > > > Another solution, already mentioned, is to use threads and TLS. This is > > what SRA's code uses. I know SRA wants to contribute that code back to > > the community, so I can ask them to see if they are ready to release it. > > If you are willing to expend the effort, I think it would be worth the > time to pursue both approaches. We don't yet have enough info to decide > which one will be cleaner, so we need to push forward on both until we > can make a realistic comparison.
I think I know enough to get the fork/exec working, particularly because most of the work can be tested under Unix. I don't know enough to get the threads working, and I have had no offers of help since I started. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
