Kurt Roeckx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I find it so weird, why isn't it just using socketpair() or > something?
Portability issues, perhaps. Does socketpair exist and behave the same everywhere? Checking the HPUX man page for it, I read "socketpair() is supported only for AF_UNIX", which suggests that it's not possible to get datagram semantics from it, at least on this platform. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org