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authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2011-12-02 11:33:53 -0500
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2011-12-02 11:34:14 -0500
commit1cd1a7c1024503259b3968db6b9e8a888ca97f63 (patch)
treea97f9e587c80555a2400d2e030ba9e5ac1fec65c
parentcfd8cf37d20be715e4bb9e382844c79556516824 (diff)
downloadpostgresql-1cd1a7c1024503259b3968db6b9e8a888ca97f63.tar.gz
Add some weasel wording about threaded usage of PGresults.
PGresults used to be read-only from the application's viewpoint, but now that we've exposed various functions that allow modification of a PGresult, that sweeping statement is no longer accurate. Noted by Dmitriy Igrishin.
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
index 08aa348263..2ad9a10be2 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
@@ -7161,8 +7161,12 @@ int PQisthreadsafe();
</para>
<para>
- <structname>PGresult</> objects are read-only after creation, and so
- can be passed around freely between threads.
+ <structname>PGresult</> objects are normally read-only after creation,
+ and so can be passed around freely between threads. However, if you use
+ any of the <structname>PGresult</>-modifying functions described in
+ <xref linkend="libpq-misc"> or <xref linkend="libpq-events">, it's up
+ to you to avoid concurrent operations on the same <structname>PGresult</>,
+ too.
</para>
<para>