Обсуждение: PGConnection.getNotifications(0) doesn't block
Hello. I'm implementing a bit that is expected to wait for published channel notifications, and once there are any - process them. I'm using PGConnection.getNotifications(0), but that immediately returns an empty array, and doesn't block like JavaDoc says it should. I'm on 42.6.0. What am I missing? Thank you.
Hello. On Thu, Aug 3, 2023 at 4:04 PM Pawel Veselov <pawel.veselov@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello. > > I'm implementing a bit that is expected to wait for published channel > notifications, > and once there are any - process them. > > I'm using PGConnection.getNotifications(0), but that immediately > returns an empty > array, and doesn't block like JavaDoc says it should. > > I'm on 42.6.0. > > What am I missing? The transaction state is not IDLE, that's what's missing. But JavaDoc doesn't mention that bit.
Hello, On Thu, 2023-08-03 at 16:04 +0200, Pawel Veselov wrote: > Hello. > > I'm implementing a bit that is expected to wait for published channel > notifications, > and once there are any - process them. > > I'm using PGConnection.getNotifications(0), but that immediately > returns an empty > array, and doesn't block like JavaDoc says it should. > > I'm on 42.6.0. > > What am I missing? > > Thank you. > > Have you read the JDBC docs https://jdbc.postgresql.org/documentation/server-prepare which has a section about Listen/Notify? HTH
> > I'm implementing a bit that is expected to wait for published channel > > notifications, > > and once there are any - process them. > > > > I'm using PGConnection.getNotifications(0), but that immediately > > returns an empty > > array, and doesn't block like JavaDoc says it should. > > > > I'm on 42.6.0. > > > > What am I missing? > > > > Thank you. > Have you read the JDBC docs > https://jdbc.postgresql.org/documentation/server-prepare > which has a section about Listen/Notify? I've read https://access.crunchydata.com/documentation/pgjdbc/42.1.1/listennotify.html instead. I've read the Listen/Notify section in https://jdbc.postgresql.org/documentation/server-prepare just now, which carries identical text. I've also read the JavaDocs for the method(s). All these sources agree or at least don't contradict that getNotifications(0) should block without conditions, and none mention that the connection must be in the IDLE transaction state. For that matter, even https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-listen.html doesn't say anything about the fact that notifications are only received/can be read if the connection is in that state. It only mentions that the transaction that executed LISTEN must be first committed for that connection to start seeing notifications (for subscribed channel). What I was effectively doing on that connection is: BEGIN LISTEN COMMIT BEGIN UPDATE xxx; <poll for notifications> I've created this for tracking: https://github.com/pgjdbc/pgjdbc/issues/2937