dblink_get_notify

Description

dblink_get_notify retrieves notifications on either the unnamed connection, or on a named connection if specified. To receive notifications via dblink, LISTEN must first be issued, using dblink_exec. For details see LISTEN and NOTIFY.

Arguments

Return Value

Returns setof (notify_name text, be_pid int, extra text), or an empty set if none.

Examples

SELECT dblink_exec('LISTEN virtual'); dblink_exec ------------- LISTEN (1 row) SELECT * FROM dblink_get_notify(); notify_name | be_pid | extra -------------+--------+------- (0 rows) NOTIFY virtual; NOTIFY SELECT * FROM dblink_get_notify(); notify_name | be_pid | extra -------------+--------+------- virtual | 1229 | (1 row)