Re: Aim of --enable-thread-safety ?

Alexandra.Dante@bull.net (DANTE Alexandra) wrote:
> I wonder if this compilation option is really taken into account as
> PostgreSQL is not multi-threading but multi-processing.
> I have read that without this option, the libpq won't know anything
> about threads and may indeed have problems, but could you explain me
> how this option runs ?

> It is not clear for me the aim of this option in an multi-processing
> environment...
> Is it possible to force PostgreSQL to be multi-threaded ?

This option is all about allowing you to have multi-threaded *client*
applications.

That is, applications that many have multiple threads where threads
can hold onto database connections.
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