The docs say I'm supposed to call BackgroundWorkerInitializeConnection in a bgworker and then I can start using spi functions, but they aren't clear on if I should call SPI_connect too. If I call BackgroundWorkerInitializeConnection and then SPI_execute I get a return code of SPI_ERROR_UNCONNECTED. If I call BackgroundWorkerInitializeConnection then SPI_connect I get a segfault. I'm initialising my worker as: strncpy(worker.bgw_name, "tds handler", sizeof(worker.bgw_name)); worker.bgw_flags = BGWORKER_SHMEM_ACCESS | BGWORKER_BACKEND_DATABASE_CONNECTION; worker.bgw_start_time = BgWorkerStart_RecoveryFinished; worker.bgw_restart_time = BGW_NEVER_RESTART; //worker.bgw_main_arg = 1433; worker.bgw_main = tdsworker; RegisterDynamicBackgroundWorker(&worker, &handle); What am I missing? (this is 9.4 obviously, as I'm using a dynamic bgworker) Thanks James -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general