Miscellaneous utility functions for PostgreSQL. Copyright (C) 1999, Massimo Dal Zotto This software is distributed under the GNU General Public License either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. backend_pid() return the pid of our corresponding backend. unlisten(relname) unlisten from a relation or from all relations if the argument is null, empty or '*'. It is now obsoleted by the new unlisten command but still useful if you want unlisten a name computed by the query. Note that a listen/notify relname can be any ascii string, not just valid relation names. min(x,y) max(x,y) return the min or max of two integers. -- Massimo Dal Zotto