Re: PHP Connections

on 8/5/03 3:07 PM, scott.marlowe at scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com wrote:

> On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Lynna Landstreet wrote:
>
>> But hey, come to think of it, maybe I could turn the pg_connect into a
>> pg_pconnect and just have it check to see if $db already exists before
>> connecting - that way there'd be only one connection per site visit! Cool,
>> your question gave me a new idea... :-)
>
> Be VERY wary of persistant connections. They are fraught with danger and
> can cause your server to present the "too many connections" error message
> after being up for a while. <rest snipped>

Hmmm, OK. I didn't realize they didn't time out. Maybe it's best to leave it
the way it is now, with just one pg_connect being called in the head of each
document. Thanks.

Lynna
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