TJ O'Donnell <tjo@xxxxxxx> writes: > I have begun to use some static variables in my c-language > functions to maintain state (3rd party licensing issues) during > the course of a session (postgres process, spawned by postmaster). > These are declared static outside the scope of any function. > (is global the correct term anymore?) > When I use dynamic loading of my .so, > each session is independent, with its own static variables. > Will the same be true if I were to load the .so once when > the database starts up? Or will there be just one set of > static variables for all sessions? Each backend process has its own memory space, so the variables will still be independent. -Doug ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster