Re: idle connection timeout ...

From: Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Mike Mascari <mascarm(at)mascari(dot)com>, Andrew Sullivan <andrew(at)libertyrms(dot)info>, PostgresSQL Hackers Mailing List <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: idle connection timeout ...
Date: 2002-10-26 06:04:15
Message-ID: 200210260204.15799.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net
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On Saturday 26 October 2002 01:04 am, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Robert Treat wrote:
> > > Nice idea. You can now have per-user/db settings that are SET when the
> > > connection is made. You can set any GUC variable that way. We just
> > > need a variable that can look at all sessions and determine if that
> > > user has exceeded their connection quota.
> >
> > I understand how you are able to set those variables per db, but I don't
> > see how you can get those settings to persist between database shutdowns.
> > Perhaps someone can point me to the relevant documentation?
>
> The per db/user stuff is stored in the pg_database/pg_shadow tables per
> row, so they exist in permanent storage.

Ah.. that was the missing link. I don't think the docs mention anything about
the information being stored in pg_database or pg_shadow, they always refer
to the "session default" which made me wonder what happened "between
sessions". Perhaps someone (me?) should work up a patch to help clarify
this....

Robert Treat

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