On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 10:51:09AM -0400, David Parker wrote: > > Is there anything like a client library for postgres that does not use > tcp/ip as the protocol? As part of the performance tuning of our > application, the question was posed to me whether there was a more > "direct" sort of API that would not require going through the tcp/ip > stack. I assume the answer to this is "no", and I see no hint of > anything in the source code, but I thought I would ask the question, > just to be sure.
PostgreSQL supports connections over Unix-domain (AF_UNIX) sockets if your system does. They still use the socket interface, but they're typically faster than a TCP connection. -- Michael Fuhr http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
