Re: Function written in C, hangs on one machine and not another...

--- Douglas McNaught <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org> wrote:

> CG <cgg007(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
>
> > Does this give you any more insight into an
> alternate method of getting this
> > thing done?
>
> I would fork(), set up file descriptors
> appropriately, then have the
> child call the Adobe library and the parent feed the
> data to it.
> Once the document is loaded in the child, do
> whatever processing you
> need to, then pass the results back to the parent
> via stdout or a
> temporary file.
>
> Ugly, but probably the most robust way to do it.
> Make sure you don't
> call any PG-internal functions in the child process,
> as that will
> confuse things badly.
>

Is it safe for the postgres engine to fork()? Would
the child need to close down anything immediately in
its main() to avoid corrupting the parent?

Dennis Jenkins