Re: Listen / Notify - what to do when the queue is full

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
To: Greg Sabino Mullane <greg@turnstep.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-01-11T06:58:19Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On mån, 2010-01-11 at 04:05 +0000, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
> On the one hand, I don't see the problem with ASCII here - the
> payload is meant as a quick shorthand convenience, not a literal payload
> of important information.

Is it not?  The notify name itself is already a quick shorthand
convenience.  Who knows what the payload is actually meant for.  Have
use cases been presented and analyzed?