TJ O'Donnell <tjo(at)acm(dot)org> writes:
> I have begun to use some static variables in my c-language
> functions to maintain state (3rd party licensing issues) during
> the course of a session (postgres process, spawned by postmaster).
> These are declared static outside the scope of any function.
> (is global the correct term anymore?)
> When I use dynamic loading of my .so,
> each session is independent, with its own static variables.
> Will the same be true if I were to load the .so once when
> the database starts up? Or will there be just one set of
> static variables for all sessions?
Each backend process has its own memory space, so the variables will
still be independent.
-Doug