Re: [HACKERS] destroydb doesn't close connection with client (httpd <-> pg)

Can someone comment on where we are on this?

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> Oleg Bartunov wrote:
> >
> > I have Web site where I use persistent connection between
> > httpd (Apache) and database (postgres,6.5). I noticed strange
> > results I got after reloading page with results from query
> > when I destroydb , createdb, fill db ( with the same data ).
> > It seems backend doesn't close connection when db is destroyed
> > and this produces unpredictable results. My application is
> > written in Perl and uses DBI/DBD for persistent connection.
> > I don't know is it DBI/DBD problem or backend must close
> > all connections to DB when it destroyed.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Oleg
> > _____________________________________________________________
> > Oleg Bartunov, sci.researcher, hostmaster of AstroNet,
> > Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University (Russia)
> > Internet: oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su, http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/
> > phone: +007(095)939-16-83, +007(095)939-23-83
>
>
>
> This is not DBI/DBD-Pg specific.
>
> A short test with psql shows, that this seems to be
> a bug of postgresql itself.
>
> Create and fill a database. Connect to this database with psql
> and perform some query. Without disconnecting destroy and re-create
> the database but insert this time different data. Performing
> the same query a second time will retrieve the same data as before
>
>
> Edmund
>
>
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