Bruce Momjian 15ce2d2e4a > I can see a couple possible downsides: (a) the library might have some ... > weird behavior across fork boundaries; (b) the additional memory space > that has to be duplicated into child processes will cost something per > child launch, even if the child never uses it. But these are only > arguments that it might not *always* be a prudent thing to do, not that > we shouldn't give the DBA the tool to do it if he wants. So fire away. Here is a patch for the above, including a documentation update. It creates a new GUC variable "preload_libraries", that accepts a list in the form: preload_libraries = '$libdir/mylib1:initfunc,$libdir/mylib2' If ":initfunc" is omitted or not found, no initialization function is executed, but the library is still preloaded. If "$libdir/mylib" isn't found, the postmaster refuses to start. In my testing with PL/R, it reduces the first call to a PL/R function (after connecting) from almost 2 seconds, down to about 8 ms. Joe Conway		2003-03-20 04:51:44 +00:00
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access	Remove unneeded dash blocks around function start comments.	2003-03-14 22:40:31 +00:00
bootstrap	Add code to dump contents of free space map into $PGDATA/global/pg_fsm.cache	2003-03-06 00:04:27 +00:00
catalog	Add start time to pg_stat_activity	2003-03-20 03:34:57 +00:00
commands	Add start time to pg_stat_activity	2003-03-20 03:34:57 +00:00
executor	Add start time to pg_stat_activity	2003-03-20 03:34:57 +00:00
lib	Remove bit.c/h routines. Not used anymore.	2003-01-09 01:23:55 +00:00
libpq	Add start time to pg_stat_activity	2003-03-20 03:34:57 +00:00
main	This patch removes a bunch of superfluous #include directives: if	2002-11-08 20:23:57 +00:00
nodes	Restructure parsetree representation of DECLARE CURSOR: now it's a	2003-03-10 03:53:52 +00:00
optimizer	Make eval_const_expressions simplify FieldSelect from a whole-row Var	2003-03-14 00:55:17 +00:00
parser	Implement SQL92-compatible FIRST, LAST, ABSOLUTE n, RELATIVE n options	2003-03-11 19:40:24 +00:00
po	Most of the code follows the American spelling of the word, which is	2002-11-19 17:21:40 +00:00
port	This patch fixes a bunch of spelling mistakes in comments throughout the	2003-03-10 22:28:22 +00:00
postmaster	> I can see a couple possible downsides: (a) the library might have some	2003-03-20 04:51:44 +00:00
regex	Replace regular expression package with Henry Spencer's latest version	2003-02-05 17:41:33 +00:00
rewrite	Remove REWRITE_INVOKE_MAX in favor of making an accurate check for	2003-02-25 23:47:43 +00:00
storage	Add code to dump contents of free space map into $PGDATA/global/pg_fsm.cache	2003-03-06 00:04:27 +00:00
tcop	Implement SQL92-compatible FIRST, LAST, ABSOLUTE n, RELATIVE n options	2003-03-11 19:40:24 +00:00
utils	> I can see a couple possible downsides: (a) the library might have some	2003-03-20 04:51:44 +00:00
Makefile	Move pg_service.conf.sample to /interfaces/libpq.	2003-02-03 14:24:07 +00:00
nls.mk	Translation updates	2002-09-14 13:46:24 +00:00