This thing is hanging up in PQnotifies. I have added a simple fprintf statement to the following function: void CheckForNotifies (Controls *ctrl) { #ifndef CALL_TRACE fprintf (stderr, "%s: %d: %s (%s)\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, __FUNCTION__, ctrl->table); #endif PQflush (ctrl->sys->conn); // always flush it first ;o) PQconsumeInput (ctrl->sys->conn); fprintf (stderr, "just before call to PQnotifies...\n"); while ((ctrl->notify = PQnotifies (ctrl->sys->conn)) != NULL) { #ifndef DEBUG fprintf (stderr, "%s: ASYNC NOTIFY of '%s' from backend pid '%d' received\n", __FUNCTION__, ctrl->notify->relname, ctrl->notify->be_pid); #endif /* If you are interested in receiving any NOTICE data, you will * have to have this function defined locally. */ if (ctrl->main->backEndNotify) { void (*p) () = (void *) ctrl->main->backEndNotify; (*p) (ctrl); // call the function } PQfreemem (ctrl->notify); // free the memory } } The fprintf statement prints and nothing else happens. Observe: move/move.c: 2072: preMenuActFunc (move::save_b) move/move.c: 2718: save_SQL () move/move.c: 2798: save_SQL () move/move.c: 2816: restoreState () utility/global.c: 1804: CheckForNotifies (move) just before call to PQnotifies... And that is where it sits until I send a message notification from a separate client (plsql). When the message is sent, the process continues. Is this a bug? Did anybody look at the stack trace is sent? I don't have the expertise to analyze it. TIA On Friday 25 February 2005 06:00 am, Terry Lee Tucker saith: > See partial output from strace below. On this particular run, the command > locked up during the second edit operation. The notify message, > move_update, was delivered, but the PQsendquery never returns. > > Any ideas Tom? > > recv(3, "A\0\0\0\25\0\0~3move_update\0\0C\0\0\0\rUPDAT"..., 16384, 0) = 42 > write(2, "CheckForNotifies: ASYNC NOTIFY o"..., 82CheckForNotifies: ASYNC > NOTIFY of 'move_update' from backend pid '32307' received > ) = 82 > write(2, "main/main.c: 1638: backEndNotify"..., 54main/main.c: 1638: > backEndNotify (32307: move_update) > ) = 54 > write(2, "main/main.c: 1655: backEndNotify"..., 43main/main.c: 1655: > backEndNotify (leaving) > ) = 43 > select(5, [3], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > select(5, [3], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > select(5, [3], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > select(5, [3], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > select(5, [3], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > select(5, [3], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > select(5, [3], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > select(5, [3], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > select(5, [3], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > select(5, [3], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > select(5, [3], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > select(5, [3], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > select(5, [3], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > select(5, [3], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > select(5, [3], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > select(5, [3], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > select(5, [3], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > ioctl(4, FIONREAD, [32]) = 0 > read(4, "\34\364_\264\311\4\300\7<\1\0\0\304\243G\22\0\0\0\0\304"..., 32) = > 32 select(5, [3], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > ioctl(4, FIONREAD, [32]) = 0 > read(4, "\34\364_\264\311\4\300\7\f\1\0\0\305\243G\22\0\4\300\7"..., 32) = > 32 select(5, [3], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > ioctl(4, FIONREAD, [384]) = 0 > read(4, "\34\364_\264\311\4\300\7\365\0\0\0\306\243G\22\0\0\0\0"..., 384) = > 384 > select(5, [3], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > select(5, [3], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > select(5, [3], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > select(5, [3], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > select(5, [3], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > ioctl(4, FIONREAD, [32]) = 0 > read(4, "\226\252_\264\311\4\300\7\311\4\300\7\0\0\0\0\370\0\177"..., 32) = > 32 write(4, "\2\2\4\0\314\4\300\7\0\10\0\0}\240 \0", 16) = 16 > select(5, [3], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > select(5, [3], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > select(5, [3], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > select(5, [3], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > select(5, [3], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > select(5, [3], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > write(4, "8\2\4\0\32\0\300\7\0\0\10\0\0\0\0\0>\5\7\0\312\4\300\7"..., 500) > = 500 > read(4, 0xbffff040, 32) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily > unavailable) > select(5, [4], NULL, NULL, NULL) = 1 (in [4]) > read(4, "\1\1t\264\0\0\0\0\304\364\3\1\370\0\177\1\320\2460\t`\347"..., 32) > = 32 > write(4, "\17\2\2\0\314\4\300\7", 8) = 8 > read(4, 0xbffff120, 32) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily > unavailable) > select(5, [4], NULL, NULL, NULL) = 1 (in [4]) > read(4, "\1ku\264\0\0\0\0\257\0\0\0\311\4\300\7\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 32) = > 32 write(4, "B\2\7\0\314\4\300\7\24\0\300\7\256\0@\0\3\1@\0\256\0A\0"..., > 64) = 64 > read(4, 0xbffff0b0, 32) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily > unavailable) > select(5, [4], NULL, NULL, NULL) = 1 (in [4]) > read(4, "\1tx\264\0\0\0\0\257\0\0\0\311\4\300\7\0\0;\t\260\267\343"..., 32) > = 32 > select(5, [3], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > select(5, [3], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > ioctl(4, FIONREAD, [0]) = 0 > write(4, "F\2\v\0\314\4\300\7\r\0\300\7\252\0<\0^\0\2\0\252\0j\0"..., 44) = > 44 ioctl(4, FIONREAD, [0]) = 0 > gettimeofday({1109328767, 349228}, NULL) = 0 > select(5, [3 4], [], [], NULL) = 1 (in [4]) > ioctl(4, FIONREAD, [32]) = 0 > read(4, "\36\203y\264\0\0\0\0\247\3\300\7]\1`\1\1\0\0\0^\1\0\0%"..., 32) = > 32 write(4, "\24\0\6\0]\1`\1%\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\200\226\230\0", 24) = > 24 read(4, 0xbffff2f0, 32) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource > temporarily unavailable) > select(5, [4], NULL, NULL, NULL) = 1 (in [4]) > read(4, "\1\0z\264\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 32) = > 32 write(4, "+\0\1\0", 4) = 4 > read(4, 0xbffff2e0, 32) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily > unavailable) > select(5, [4], NULL, NULL, NULL) = 1 (in [4]) > read(4, "\1\1{\264\0\0\0\0\311\4\300\7\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\2\0\0\0@"..., 32) = > 32 write(4, "\22\0\25\0]\1`\1%\1\0\0\4\0\0\0 \0\0\0\17\0\0\0^\1\0\0"..., > 132) = 132 > read(4, 0xbffff440, 32) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily > unavailable) > select(5, [4], NULL, NULL, NULL) = 1 (in [4]) > read(4, "\1\1~\264\0\0\0\0\311\4\300\7\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\2\0\0\0@"..., 32) = > 32 select(5, [3], [], [], {0, 0}) = 0 (Timeout) > ioctl(4, FIONREAD, [0]) = 0 > ioctl(4, FIONREAD, [0]) = 0 > gettimeofday({1109328768, 129317}, NULL) = 0 > select(5, [3 4], [], [], NULL) = 1 (in [4]) > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------(end of 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