James Harper wrote: > 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. You need to start a transaction after initializing the database connection. Did you see the sample worker_spi code in contrib? -- Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general