Re: Proposal - asynchronous functions - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Merlin Moncure
Subject Re: Proposal - asynchronous functions
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In response to Proposal - asynchronous functions  (Sim Zacks <sim@compulab.co.il>)
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On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 3:28 AM, Sim Zacks <sim@compulab.co.il> wrote:
> Asynchronous functions
>
> *Problem*
> Postgresql does not have support for asynchronous function calls.

Well, there is asynchronous support from the client of course.  Thus
you can set up a asynchronous call back to the database with dblink.
There is some discussion about formalizing this feature -- you might
want to read up on autonomous transactions and how they might be used
to do what you are proposing.

merlin


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