On 04/26/2011 03:15 PM, Merlin Moncure wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 3:28 AM, Sim Zacks<sim(at)compulab(dot)co(dot)il> wrote:
>> Asynchronous functions
>>
>> *Problem*
>> Postgresql does not have support for asynchronous function calls.
> Well, there is asynchronous support from the client of course. Thus
> you can set up a asynchronous call back to the database with dblink.
> There is some discussion about formalizing this feature -- you might
> want to read up on autonomous transactions and how they might be used
> to do what you are proposing.
>
> merlin
I am looking for specifically server support and not client support.
Part of the proposal is that if the client goes away, it will still
continue to finish.
Sim