Re: postgresql-7.3 implementation

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: radha(dot)manohar(at)ndsu(dot)nodak(dot)edu
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: postgresql-7.3 implementation
Date: 2003-04-23 15:47:30
Message-ID: 26803.1051112850@sss.pgh.pa.us
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radha(dot)manohar(at)ndsu(dot)nodak(dot)edu writes:
> As I was walking through the source code, I encountered certain
> terminologies like Current Memory Context and portal
> What do these represent?

See src/backend/utils/mmgr/README for a discussion of memory contexts.
Not sure portals are very well documented anywhere, but think of 'em
as the implementation of cursors.

regards, tom lane

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