Re: ECPG thread-safety

Would someone take those patches and hunt around for proper 'configure'
tests? I can do the configure coding, but I don't know what tests to
make.

http://services.csl.co.uk/postgresql/

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Larry Rosenman wrote:
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>
> --On Friday, March 28, 2003 10:54:23 -0500 Bruce Momjian
> <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
> >
> > I have the libpq patch in my mailbox that just needs configure thread
> > testing code. I will get that in for 7.4.
> I can help with the UnixWare threads stuff. Also, Micheal Meskes now has
> an account
> on my UnixWare box.
>
> The threads are native on UW, but you need to invoke the cc -Kpthread
> option.
>
> LER
>
> >
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> > --
> >
> > Lee Kindness wrote:
> >> Philip,
> >>
> >> You can find the "patch so far" at:
> >>
> >> http://services.csl.co.uk/postgresql/
> >>
> >> along with a libpq thread-safe patch.
> >>
> >> The thread referenced by Bruce's email details some of the issues
> >> still to be looked at. The main work is integration with the build
> >> system (testing for and linking in POSIX threads) and testing.
> >>
> >> I'm more than happy for you to look at at, I haven't had the time I
> >> hoped to complete this.
> >>
> >> Thanks, Lee.
> >>
> >> Philip Yarra writes:
> >> > As I found out recently, ECPG is not thread-safe. This is a problem
> >> > for us, as we really need to be able to use ECPG* in a
> >> > multi-threaded C application. Michael mentioned that Lee is working
> >> > on fixing these problems, but was not sure when it would be
> >> > complete.
> >> >
> >> > So, my questions are:
> >> > Lee/anyone, do you have an estimated completion date?
> >> > If not, can we (myself plus a "real" C programmer) help you?
> >> >
> >> > Regards, Philip Yarra.
> >> >
> >> > * Yes, we could use libpq, but ECPG minimises our porting from
> >> > Informix. Rewriting everything to use libpq would be too expensive.
> >> >
> >>
> >
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