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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>34.20. Behavior in Threaded Programs</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="libpq-ssl.html" title="34.19. SSL Support" /><link rel="next" href="libpq-build.html" title="34.21. Building libpq Programs" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center">34.20. Behavior in Threaded Programs</th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="libpq-ssl.html" title="34.19. SSL Support">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="libpq.html" title="Chapter 34. libpq — C Library">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 34. <span class="application">libpq</span> — C Library</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 15.7 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="libpq-build.html" title="34.21. Building libpq Programs">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="sect1" id="LIBPQ-THREADING"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">34.20. Behavior in Threaded Programs</h2></div></div></div><a id="id-1.7.3.27.2" class="indexterm"></a><p>
<span class="application">libpq</span> is reentrant and thread-safe by default.
You might need to use special compiler command-line
options when you compile your application code. Refer to your
system's documentation for information about how to build
thread-enabled applications, or look in
<code class="filename">src/Makefile.global</code> for <code class="literal">PTHREAD_CFLAGS</code>
and <code class="literal">PTHREAD_LIBS</code>. This function allows the querying of
<span class="application">libpq</span>'s thread-safe status:
</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt id="LIBPQ-PQISTHREADSAFE"><span class="term"><code class="function">PQisthreadsafe</code><a id="id-1.7.3.27.4.1.1.2" class="indexterm"></a></span></dt><dd><p>
Returns the thread safety status of the
<span class="application">libpq</span> library.
</p><pre class="synopsis">
int PQisthreadsafe();
</pre><p>
</p><p>
Returns 1 if the <span class="application">libpq</span> is thread-safe
and 0 if it is not.
</p></dd></dl></div><p>
One thread restriction is that no two threads attempt to manipulate
the same <code class="structname">PGconn</code> object at the same time. In particular,
you cannot issue concurrent commands from different threads through
the same connection object. (If you need to run concurrent commands,
use multiple connections.)
</p><p>
<code class="structname">PGresult</code> objects are normally read-only after creation,
and so can be passed around freely between threads. However, if you use
any of the <code class="structname">PGresult</code>-modifying functions described in
<a class="xref" href="libpq-misc.html" title="34.12. Miscellaneous Functions">Section 34.12</a> or <a class="xref" href="libpq-events.html" title="34.14. Event System">Section 34.14</a>, it's up
to you to avoid concurrent operations on the same <code class="structname">PGresult</code>,
too.
</p><p>
The deprecated functions <a class="xref" href="libpq-cancel.html#LIBPQ-PQREQUESTCANCEL"><code class="function">PQrequestCancel</code></a> and
<a class="xref" href="libpq-exec.html#LIBPQ-PQOIDSTATUS"><code class="function">PQoidStatus</code></a> are not thread-safe and should not be
used in multithread programs. <a class="xref" href="libpq-cancel.html#LIBPQ-PQREQUESTCANCEL"><code class="function">PQrequestCancel</code></a>
can be replaced by <a class="xref" href="libpq-cancel.html#LIBPQ-PQCANCEL"><code class="function">PQcancel</code></a>.
<a class="xref" href="libpq-exec.html#LIBPQ-PQOIDSTATUS"><code class="function">PQoidStatus</code></a> can be replaced by
<a class="xref" href="libpq-exec.html#LIBPQ-PQOIDVALUE"><code class="function">PQoidValue</code></a>.
</p><p>
If you are using Kerberos inside your application (in addition to inside
<span class="application">libpq</span>), you will need to do locking around
Kerberos calls because Kerberos functions are not thread-safe. See
function <code class="function">PQregisterThreadLock</code> in the
<span class="application">libpq</span> source code for a way to do cooperative
locking between <span class="application">libpq</span> and your application.
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