The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference: 3995
Logged by: Kyoko Noro
Email address: kyouko.noro@hp.com
PostgreSQL version: 8.2.3
Operating system: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4
Description: pqSocketCheck doesn't return
Details:

Hello Support team

I have a problem.May I ask your advice?

Sometimes pqSocketCheck doesn't return and our appication hang.Do you have
any bug report about the problem like this?

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"Kyoko Noro" <kyouko.noro@hp.com> writes:
> Sometimes pqSocketCheck doesn't return and our appication hang.

pqSocketCheck isn't accessible from outside libpq, and furthermore
it's often called with the *intention* of waiting for something to
happen. You need to provide more details of what you are doing
and what is happening (vs. what you expected to happen).

regards, tom lane

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