[GENERAL] max # concurrent?

1999-03-22 Thread Richi Plana
Hi, People. I have two questions: 1) How many concurrent connections to the same database can I make from one process (which incidentally later fork()s)? 2) What's the most sure and/or fastest way to do backups? L L Richi Plana 8^) ,-,-. ,-,-. ,-,-. ,-,-. ,-

[GENERAL] fork() bad

1999-03-22 Thread Richi Plana
ded shared object. I tried PQreset()ing the connections after forking and then I'd try a begin but I'd get the ff.: NOTICE: BeginTransactionBlock and not in default state What does that mean? So, what's the deal with fork()ing and connectio

Re: [GENERAL] fork() bad

1999-03-22 Thread Richi Plana
so far. If anyone can give a better suggestion, I'm all ears. Also, if anyone wants the code when it's done, try asking. ;^) L L Richi Plana 8^) ,-,-. ,-,-. ,-,-. ,-,-. ,- LL LL Systems Administrator / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / L Mosaic C

Re: [GENERAL] fork() bad

1999-03-22 Thread Richi Plana
low it to execute one process at a time via locking, that would probably slow the other processes down. (ie. Should the waiting process block? If so, when will it try again? Are the overheads to establishin a connection really that big?) L L Richi Plana 8^)

[GENERAL] Unix crypt() for PostgreSQL

1999-03-31 Thread Richi Plana
Hi, Does PostgreSQL 6.4.2 have a build in Unix crypt() function? Or has someone implemented it that you'd like to share? L L Richi Plana 8^) ,-,-. ,-,-. ,-,-. ,-,-. ,- LL LL Systems Administrator / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / L Mosaic Communica