Jay Flattery <jaycode@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I have some functions written in C that are dynamically loaded. I persist some > state between function calls, initialised by _PG_init. This works fine OK... > I now fork() a process in _PG_Init() (both processes interact), but when I > shutdown postgre I get: LOG: failed to find proc 0x1331110 in ProcArray What exactly is that child process doing? It sure sounds like it thinks it's a valid backend. You can fork something if you like, but it had absolutely better not touch any part of shared memory afterwards. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general