Re: backend process

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com>
Cc: Edson Vilhena de Carvalho <edson_jvc(at)yahoo(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: backend process
Date: 2005-03-23 17:28:22
Message-ID: 8064.1111598902@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com> writes:
> On Wed, 2005-03-23 at 10:11, Edson Vilhena de Carvalho wrote:
>> active backend server processes. I would like to know
>> what is a active backend server processes.

> In PostgreSQL every connection spawns a new backend that operates on the
> database semi-independently, cooperating with the other backends by
> means of shared memory.

See
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/tutorial-arch.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/connect-estab.html

regards, tom lane

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