Re: [HACKERS] Open Items

Zeugswetter Andreas DAZ SD wrote:
> I think in addition the system global name "sharemem.1" should be made more
> pg specific, like "PostgreSQL.1". I have not done this since a new compile
> would not detect a running old beta. But now would be the time (or never).

Change made and attached.  I assume there are other ways we detect an
active backend on Windows and that shared memory name is only one of
them.  I do think we need this fix before we put out a final release so
the next beta is the best time to do it.

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Index: src/backend/port/win32/shmem.c
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RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/port/win32/shmem.c,v
retrieving revision 1.8
diff -c -c -r1.8 shmem.c
*** src/backend/port/win32/shmem.c    29 Aug 2004 05:06:46 -0000    1.8
--- src/backend/port/win32/shmem.c    12 Nov 2004 16:53:28 -0000
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*** 89,95 ****
      DWORD        dwRet;

      s_segsize = size;
!     sprintf(szShareMem, "sharemem.%d", memKey);

      if (flag & IPC_CREAT)
      {
--- 89,95 ----
      DWORD        dwRet;

      s_segsize = size;
!     sprintf(szShareMem, "PostgreSQL.%d", memKey);

      if (flag & IPC_CREAT)
      {