Re: libpq usage in Samba

Fernando Schapachnik <fernando(at)mecon(dot)gov(dot)ar> writes:

> I'm trying to figure out why Samba is failing at high loads if using
> Postgres as a backend (7.3.9 in my setup). On startup in makes one
> connection only against the database which is shared among all the
> Samba processes. In turn, each issue a PQexec() over the same
> connection (a SELECT, actually). Is that a safe use? I would think
> it is not, but not really sure. I mean, does libpq multiplex queries
> and handle concurrency correctly in a such a scenario?

No, it doesn't. You need to figure out a way to have each Samba
process open its own connection.

-Doug