> > 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? > I have now. Thanks! Is the documentation here a bit light because background workers are a new feature? Or is this general postgres knowledge I just haven't picked up on yet? Could SPI_connect return an error rather than crashing? Thanks again James -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
