Re: Server->Client notification (without polling)?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Wolfgang Keller <wolfgang(dot)keller(dot)nospam(at)gmx(dot)de>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Server->Client notification (without polling)?
Date: 2006-09-20 20:15:43
Message-ID: 18270.1158783343@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Wolfgang Keller <wolfgang(dot)keller(dot)nospam(at)gmx(dot)de> writes:
> I read the manual again and now I understand that it's the libpq client
> library which requires polling a function to retrieve the notifications
> received from the server. Is there no way to tell the library "please call me
> when a notification arrives"?

No, because it's only a library, it doesn't have its own thread of
control.

If you are so inclined you can set up your application's main loop to
watch for input on the database connection's socket (along with whatever
other event sources it watches) and then call the library to see what it
was.

regards, tom lane

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