| From: | Peter T Mount <peter(at)retep(dot)org(dot)uk> |
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| To: | mathieu_dube(at)videotron(dot)ca, Mathieu Dube <mathieu_dube(at)videotron(dot)ca> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: using the same connection? |
| Date: | 2001-02-07 08:37:48 |
| Message-ID: | 981535068.3a81095ccf8a9@webmail.retep.org.uk |
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Quoting Mathieu Dube <mathieu_dube(at)videotron(dot)ca>:
> Hi y'all,
> Is it a bad idea for an app to keep just a couple of connections to a
> database, put semaphore/mutex on them and reuse them all through the
> program?
> Of course I would check if their PQstatus isnt at CONNECTION_BAD and
> reconnect if they were...
> I need some opinions on that practice...
In the Java world it's called ConnectionPooling and is standard practice,
especially with Servlets/JSP/EJB's.
Peter
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