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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Jakub Woźny <kubaw@o2.pl>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: C function - other process
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 15:39:55 -0400
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Jakub =?ISO-8859-2?Q?Wo=BCny?= <kubaw@o2.pl> writes:
> I wrote a simple function:

>     signal(SIGCHLD,SIG_IGN);
>     switch(fork())

This will NOT work.  It WILL corrupt your database.  You do not get to
randomly introduce new processes into the backend set.

			regards, tom lane



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