Re: OpenMP in PostgreSQL-8.4.0

[Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>]

Reydan Cankur wrote:
> You mean that backend does not support threading and everything I try  
> is useless
> Is there a way to overcome this issue?
> Is there anything I can adjust on backend to enable threading?
> Is there any documentation to advise?

Uh, "no" to all those questions.  We offer client-side threading, but
not in the server.

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> 
> Best Regards,
> Reydan
> 
> 
> On Nov 28, 2009, at 6:42 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> 
> > Reydan Cankur <reydan(dot)cankur(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> >> I am trying to run postgresql functions with threads by using OpenMP.
> >
> > This is pretty much doomed to failure.  It's *certainly* doomed to
> > failure if you just hack up one area of the source code without  
> > dealing
> > with the backend's general lack of support for threading.
> >
> > 			regards, tom lane
> 
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