"Magnus Hagander" <mha@sollentuna.net> writes:
>> HANDLE is process local? That is worse then, because then
>> there's no guarentee that each process will see a different
>> identifier.
> HANDLE is process local. What you need to do is run DuplicateHandle() on
> it specifying it should "also be valid for process Y" (for which you
> need a HANDLE opened, in this case the stats collector). This will give
> you a new handle whichi s valid in the *target process*, but it is *not*
> valid in your own process.
What happens if process Y goes away between the time you obtain a
handle for it and the time you try to run this DuplicateHandle call?
regards, tom lane