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From: Thomas Finneid <tfinneid@student.matnat.uio.no>
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Hi

I couldnt find any specifics on this subject in the documentation, so I 
thought I'd ask the group.

how does pg utilise multi cpus/cores, i.e. does it use more than one 
core? and possibly, how, are there any documentation about this.

thomas