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Align some terms in arch-dev.sgml to glossary
This mostly adds links to the glossary to the existing text, instead of
using <firstterm>. Heikki left this out of 29ad6595ef
out of
stylistic concerns; these have since been addressed.
Author: Jürgen Purtz <juergen@purtz.de>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/67d7240f-8596-83fc-5e15-af06c128a0f5@purtz.de
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<title>The Path of a Query</title>
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<title>The Path of a Query</title>
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<para>
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<para>
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Here we give a short overview of the stages a query has to pass
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Here we give a short overview of the stages a query has to pass
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to obtain a result.
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to obtain a result.
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</para>
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</para>
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<title>How Connections Are Established</title>
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<title>How Connections Are Established</title>
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<para>
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<para>
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<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> is implemented using a
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<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> implements a
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simple <quote>process per user</quote> client/server model. In this model
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<quote>process per user</quote> client/server model.
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there is one <firstterm>client process</firstterm> connected to
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In this model, every
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exactly one <firstterm>server process</firstterm>. As we do not
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<glossterm linkend="glossary-client">client process</glossterm>
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know ahead of time how many connections will be made, we have to
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connects to exactly one
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use a <firstterm>supervisor process</firstterm> (also
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<glossterm linkend="glossary-backend">backend process</glossterm>.
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<firstterm>master process</firstterm>) that spawns a new
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As we do not know ahead of time how many connections will be made,
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server process every time a connection is requested. This supervisor
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we have to use a <quote>supervisor process</quote> that spawns a new
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process is called <literal>postmaster</literal> and listens at a
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backend process every time a connection is requested. This supervisor
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specified TCP/IP port for incoming connections. Whenever a request
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process is called
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for a connection is detected the <literal>postmaster</literal>
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<glossterm linkend="glossary-postmaster">postmaster</glossterm>
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process spawns a new server process. The server processes
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and listens at a specified TCP/IP port for incoming connections.
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communicate with each other using <firstterm>semaphores</firstterm> and
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Whenever it detects a request for a connection, it spawns a new
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<firstterm>shared memory</firstterm> to ensure data integrity
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backend process. Those backend processes communicate with each
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throughout concurrent data access.
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other and with other processes of the
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<glossterm linkend="glossary-instance">instance</glossterm>
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using <firstterm>semaphores</firstterm> and
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<glossterm linkend="glossary-shared-memory">shared memory</glossterm>
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to ensure data integrity throughout concurrent data access.
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</para>
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</para>
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<para>
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<para>
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</para>
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</para>
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<para>
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<para>
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Once a connection is established the client process can send a query
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Once a connection is established, the client process can send a query
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to the <firstterm>backend</firstterm> (server). The query is transmitted using plain text,
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to the backend process it's connected to. The query is transmitted using
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i.e., there is no parsing done in the <firstterm>frontend</firstterm> (client). The
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plain text, i.e., there is no parsing done in the client. The backend
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server parses the query, creates an <firstterm>execution plan</firstterm>,
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process parses the query, creates an <firstterm>execution plan</firstterm>,
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executes the plan and returns the retrieved rows to the client
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executes the plan, and returns the retrieved rows to the client
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by transmitting them over the established connection.
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by transmitting them over the established connection.
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</para>
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</para>
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</sect1>
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</sect1>
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