From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Keary Suska <hierophant@pcisys.net>
Cc: Postgres-Interfaces <pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: libPQ -Canceling Blocking Calls
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:05:27 -0400
Message-ID: <14296.1215723927@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <C49BC87F.25E61%hierophant@pcisys.net>
References: <C49BC87F.25E61%hierophant@pcisys.net>
Keary Suska <hierophant@pcisys.net> writes:
> Is it possible to use PQcancel() to cancel a blocking call, such as a call
> to PQexec?
Sure. Look at psql for an example. You probably need to call PQcancel
from a signal handler, but there's a signal-safe variant for that.
regards, tom lane
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