Re: backends

From: Doug McNaught <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org>
To: "Jenny -" <nat_lazy(at)hotmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: backends
Date: 2003-08-28 22:36:18
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"Jenny -" <nat_lazy(at)hotmail(dot)com> writes:

> when i start the postmaster i have multiple backends running even
> though i made sure to kill all the backends lingering from the
> previous run. is there a reason for this?
> while using gdb does it matter which backend's pid i use?

There will be a backend for each active connection, plus a
'postmaster' process (which handles the initial connection) and two
processes that handle statistics. So figure out which backend
corresponds to the connection you're using and attach to that.

-Doug

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