Re: Managing connections

C K wrote:
> Dear Friends,
> I want to know if I open a table to view the data a new connection is
> opened. If I open another table/execute a query does a another new
> connection is opened? As per manual, I know that for a database
> cluster and the same port a postgresql instance runs. But if we run
> multiple SQL statements from same client machine with same username,
> does postgresql creates a new instance?
How can connections to the db are handled is determined by the
application program that accesses the database. Some application
programs create a connection for each user and re-use it each time the
user accesses the database. The app is also responsible for closing the
connection when the user signs off.

Other apps create a pool of connections and lease a connection on demand
to each operation that accesses the db. When the operation is complete,
the connection is returned to the pool. This is the most efficient way
to use connections and I would recommend this approach for just about
any program.

We created our own connection pool program because we wanted a
connection pool that we could use to access any db and because we
considered it to be a key technology. It's a good thing that we did
because we started out using MS SQLServer for our SaaS applications and
migrated to Postgres. Migration was a breeze.

Postgresql offers a connection pool which I have not used but appears to
be highly regarded. You can find info about it here:
http://pgpool.projects.postgresql.org/

Some apps are not well designed and don't close connections or un-lease
connections when they should. I call this phenomena "leaking
connections". You can detect this by having everyone sign off the
application and see how many connections are still open.

Cheers,
HH
> If yes, how to manage memory? (As per my observations, normally each
> postgresql instance takes 5-10 MB. So if we have to manage
> simultenious 1000 connections, it will require 1000*5MB=5GB + system
> memory requirements (approx. 1 GB) = total 6 GB (min.) Does this is
> correct?)
> Please give the details. I am using Win XP Pro with PostgreSQL 8.3.
> Thanks
> CPK
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