X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2DD5534F0 for ; Fri, 22 Apr 2005 16:40:35 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 43553-03 for ; Fri, 22 Apr 2005 19:40:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F6CE53458 for ; Fri, 22 Apr 2005 16:40:06 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j3MJdtEc012256; Fri, 22 Apr 2005 15:39:56 -0400 (EDT) To: Jakub =?ISO-8859-2?Q?Wo=BCny?= Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: C function - other process In-reply-to: <20050422211800.241cf201@localhost> References: <20050422211800.241cf201@localhost> Comments: In-reply-to Jakub =?ISO-8859-2?Q?Wo=BCny?= message dated "Fri, 22 Apr 2005 21:18:00 +0200" Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 15:39:55 -0400 Message-ID: <12255.1114198795@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.006 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200504/330 X-Sequence-Number: 21223 Jakub =?ISO-8859-2?Q?Wo=BCny?= 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