Re: Concurrent psql patch

"Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:

> Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com> writes:
>> So would you prefer \g& as Jim Nasby suggested? I hadn't even considered that
>> previously since I'm not accustomed to using \g but it does seem kind of
>> pretty. I normally use ; but I suppose there's nothing wrong with just
>> declaring that asynchronous commands must be issued using \g& rather than use
>> the semicolon to fire them off.
>
> It makes sense to me... but what is the state of the session afterward?
> Should this be combined with switching to another connection?

It's an interesting idea since you'll inevitably have to switch connections.
If you issue a second query it'll forces the session to wait for the results.
(It doesn't seem like there's any point in keeping a queue of pending queries
per session.)

However we do still need a command to switch back anyways so there doesn't
seem to be any advantage in combining the two.

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  Gregory Stark
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