> > > Maybe we should put an #ifdef WIN32 into guc.c to limit
> > > max_connections to something we know the platform can stand? It'd
> > > be more comfortable if we understood exactly where the limit was,
> > > but I think I'd rather have an "I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that"
> > > than random-seeming crashes.
> >
> > Yeayh, that's probably a good idea - except we never managed to
> > figure out where the limit is. It appears to vary pretty wildly
> > between different machines, for reasons we don't really know why
> > (total RAM has some effect on it, but that's not the only one, for
> > example)
>
> How about we just emit a warning..
>
> WARNING: Connections above 250 on Windows platforms may have
> unpredictable results.
>
That's probably a better idea. I'll go look at that unless people feel we should just stick it in docd/faq?
/Magnus