"Bjoern A. Zeeb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > A datagram socket (SOCK_DGRAM) is called "UDP Socket" when it > assumes IP (AF_INET) or IPv6 (AF_INET6) as it's underlying > protocol. > But you can always use SOCK_DGRAM over AF_LOCAL.
I'm unconvinced that that has the same semantics on all platforms. Unix pipes traditionally have different behavior with respect to blocking, partial message send, etc. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match