Re: win32 service code

[Claudio Natoli <claudio(dot)natoli(at)memetrics(dot)com>]

My 2c,

> 1) Separate binary "pgservice.exe" that will CreateProcess() the
> postmaster.exe.
> Advantages: Zero impact on postmaster code. Simple to do.
> Disadvantages: Adds a platform-specific binary.

My preference. Personally, I think we should make this pg_ctl.

 
> 2) Include in postmaster doing an extra CreateProcess().
> Advantages: No extra binary. Low impact on postmaster code.
> Disadvantages: Two postmaster.exe:s. running (confusing? overhead?)
 
This is what I've currently got. I pretty much hate seeing two
postmaster.exe/s running.


> 3) Include in postmaster but running on a separate thread (not process as
(2))
> Advantages: No extra binary. No extra process. Most integration.
> Disadvantages: Probably larger impact on postmaster code.

IMHO, the worst of all options.

I'm itching to throw this code somewhere :-)

Cheers,
Claudio

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