Re: PL/Perl

ON.KG wrote:
> Hi All!
>
> I'm trying in 'plperl' forking the processes by 'fork' function, but
> receiving this message
>
> Warning: pg_exec(): Query failed: ERROR: creation of function failed:
> 'fork' trapped by operation mask at (eval 2) line 11.
>
> Does it mean, that in 'plperl' I can't use 'fork' function???

Think about it - you're trying to fork an active database backend.
Personally, I'd decouple things and fetch webpages/files from outside
the database anyway.

You might find the documentation on NOTIFY/LISTEN useful.

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   Richard Huxton
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