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- .\" $Header: /private/postgres/ref/postquel/RCS/notify,v 1.4 1992/07/14 05:54:17 ptong Exp $
- .SP "NOTIFY" COMMANDS 3/25/92
- .XA 2 "Notify"
- .uh NAME
- .lp
- notify \(em Signal all frontends and backends listening on a relation
- .uh SYNOPSIS
- .lp
- .(l
- \fBnotify\fR relation_name
- .)l
- .uh DESCRIPTION
- .lp
- .b notify
- is used to awaken all backends and consequently all frontends
- listening on the relation
- .b relation_name.
-
- This can be used either within a tuple level rule as part of the
- action body or from a normal query. When used from within a normal
- query, this can be thought of as IPC. When used from within a rule,
- this can be thought of as the alerter mechanism.
-
- .uh "SEE ALSO"
- .lp
- definerule(commands), listen(commands), libpq.
- .uh BUGS
-