Re: OpenMP in PostgreSQL-8.4.0

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Reydan Cankur <reydan(dot)cankur(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: OpenMP in PostgreSQL-8.4.0
Date: 2009-11-29 13:05:31
Message-ID: 200911291305.nATD5Va23654@momjian.us
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Reydan Cankur wrote:
> You mean that backend does not support threading and everything I try
> is useless
> Is there a way to overcome this issue?
> Is there anything I can adjust on backend to enable threading?
> Is there any documentation to advise?

Uh, "no" to all those questions. We offer client-side threading, but
not in the server.

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>
> Best Regards,
> Reydan
>
>
> On Nov 28, 2009, at 6:42 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>
> > Reydan Cankur <reydan(dot)cankur(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> >> I am trying to run postgresql functions with threads by using OpenMP.
> >
> > This is pretty much doomed to failure. It's *certainly* doomed to
> > failure if you just hack up one area of the source code without
> > dealing
> > with the backend's general lack of support for threading.
> >
> > regards, tom lane
>
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