Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add TCP keepalive support to libpq.

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Robert Haas <rhaas(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add TCP keepalive support to libpq.
Date: 2010-06-24 17:40:06
Message-ID: 1277401206.25074.8633.camel@ebony
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On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 10:30 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:

> It lets you set
> the TCP keepalive parameters on the server side, whereas what this
> patch does is let you set them on the client side. Only setting them
> on the client side will allow the client to notice when the server has
> gone away.

Thank you for explaining. Now I understand.

It sort of begs the question: why need they be different?

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Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com

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