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Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2012 21:11:03 -0400
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On 04/01/2012 08:29 PM, Claudio Freire wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 8:54 PM, Andrew Dunstan<andrew@dunslane.net>  wrote:
>>> You could try using Unix domain socket and see if the performance
>>> improves. A relevant link:
>>
>> He said Windows. There are no Unix domain sockets on Windows. (And please
>> don't top-post)
> Windows supports named pipes, which are functionally similar, but I
> don't think pg supports them.
>

Correct, so telling the OP to have a look at them isn't at all helpful. 
And they are not supported on all Windows platforms we support either 
(specifically not on XP, AIUI).

cheers

andrew