Re: dynamic loading of .so

are there any way to make them global for all the instances?

On 10/14/2005, "Douglas McNaught" <doug@mcnaught.org> wrote:

>TJ O'Donnell <tjo@acm.org> writes:
>
>> I have begun to use some static variables in my c-language
>> functions to maintain state (3rd party licensing issues) during
>> the course of a session (postgres process, spawned by postmaster).
>> These are declared static outside the scope of any function.
>> (is global the correct term anymore?)
>> When I use dynamic loading of my .so,
>> each session is independent, with its own static variables.
>> Will the same be true if I were to load the .so once when
>> the database starts up?  Or will there be just one set of
>> static variables for all sessions?
>
>Each backend process has its own memory space, so the variables will
>still be independent.
>
>-Doug
>
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