On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 14:34:27 -0400, Jim Starkey wrote:

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>Fabricio Araujo wrote:
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>>On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 18:32:37 -0500, Jim Starkey wrote:
>>The list of tcp ports available in tcp providers will stay
>>in server, right?
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>Right.

Cool.

>>I particularly think that providers could be asynchronous (if
>>possible), so very
>>few CPU will be used to answer the provider call and can be used
>>somewhere else. (I particularly doesn't use polling unless I NEED to
>>use this).
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>I think there's a misunderstanding here. What I mean by polling is that
>during a database attach operation the Y-valve calls the providers
>listed for a database, in order, until one of the providers reports that
>it can make the connection. The order of providers is, in general,
>significant.

I got it now. Thanks a lot.