>
> James Harper wrote:
> > The docs say I'm supposed to call BackgroundWorkerInitializeConnection in
> a bgworker and then I can start using spi functions, but they aren't clear on if
> I should call SPI_connect too.
> >
> > If I call BackgroundWorkerInitializeConnection and then SPI_execute I get a
> return code of SPI_ERROR_UNCONNECTED. If I call
> BackgroundWorkerInitializeConnection then SPI_connect I get a segfault.
>
> You need to start a transaction after initializing the database
> connection. Did you see the sample worker_spi code in contrib?
>
I have now. Thanks!
Is the documentation here a bit light because background workers are a new feature? Or is this general postgres
knowledgeI just haven't picked up on yet?
Could SPI_connect return an error rather than crashing?
Thanks again
James