Re: persistent vs. non-persistent

--- Martn Marqus <martin(at)bugs(dot)unl(dot)edu(dot)ar> wrote:
> I'm having headaches with PHP, postgres and persistent
> connections.
>
> The problem is that my postgres backends stay alive after
> closing the
> connection.

The connection is never closed if it is a persistent connection.
Even if you use pg_close it remains open.

> I use pg_pconnect to connect to the database, put after
> closing the
> conection, nothing happens, la backend stays alive, and all I
> can do is
> restart apache to make them close (really close).
>
> Any solution to this?

This is exactly the behavior to expect from a persistent
connection. This is not a bug. If you do not want this
behavior then simply use pg_connect rather than pg_pconnect.

Brent

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