Re: forking child processes in src/backend/main/main.c

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "S -" <nat_lazy(at)hotmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: forking child processes in src/backend/main/main.c
Date: 2003-04-24 13:03:57
Message-ID: 12895.1051189437@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"S -" <nat_lazy(at)hotmail(dot)com> writes:
> In our project, we have unix socket networking going on and the Postgresql
> code is the server in this process. We would want the postgresql database to
> run as usual while it is transferring data (as a server) to another program
> (the client, in our case, a GUI). Therefore, we would want to fork another
> process that acts as the server.

What exactly is this doing that's different from having two separate
database connections served by two backend processes?

regards, tom lane

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