Re: OpenMP in PostgreSQL-8.4.0

From: Reydan Cankur <reydan(dot)cankur(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: OpenMP in PostgreSQL-8.4.0
Date: 2009-11-28 21:00:42
Message-ID: E73562FE-8612-4465-9FA8-F7BED69FEFE9@gmail.com
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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?

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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