MagicStack / MagicStack/asyncpg
Feature Request: better support for LISTEN/NOTIFY?
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Description
Currently, you have to execute a dummy query like `SELECT 1` every time you want to get a hold of new notifications from the server. Can anything similar to aiopg be implemented in asyncpg?
https://aiopg.readthedocs.io/en/stable/examples.html#usage-of-listen-notify-commands
https://www.psycopg.org/docs/connection.html#connection.poll
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Research direction
Start by reviewing asyncpg's existing LISTEN/NOTIFY handling, then compare the aiopg usage example and psycopg connection.poll documentation linked in the issue. Done means clients can receive new server notifications without issuing a dummy SELECT 1 query each time.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- postgresql, python
- Domain
- databases
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100