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Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 18:16:59 -0700
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From: "Ken J. Wright" <ken@ori-ind.com>
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] PQnotifies & select 
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At 20:35 09/23/1999 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>"Ken J. Wright" <ken@ori-ind.com> writes:
>> What handle(s) would I need to feed to select() to wait for a notification
>> which I can then pickup via PQnotifies()?
>
>PQsocket(connobject) delivers the file descriptor, or -1 if there is no
>open connection.  There is some doco about this in the current
>documentation set, although I have to agree it's terse.

Thanks Ewan & Tom. Yes, the docs describing PQnotifies() suggests the usage
of select(), but lacks a pointer to PQsocket(). This would be a helpful
addition.

Cheers!

Ken