Re: libpq sockets on win32

> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> >> This article describes the problem and work around.
> >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/psdk/winsock/ovrvw3_26ia.htm
>
> > I can't read that web site under Netscape.
>
> Comes up fine for me (maybe you need to turn off Javascript?)

Thanks, that fixed it.

> However, the advice on it seems to be written by someone who does not
> know the difference between a variable and a function :-(.  Read with
> a large grain of salt.
>
> We already have a couple of #ifdef'd usages of WSAGetLastError() in
> libpq, but it's quite unclear which other references to errno might
> need to be changed.  A blanket replacement of errno would certainly
> break things.

That's why I recommended brackets of #define/#undef around tests of
socket errno's.

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