Re: <idle> issue?

2014-10-06 11:54 GMT-03:00 Emi Lu <emilu(at)encs(dot)concordia(dot)ca>:

> Hello List,
>
> May I know will <idle> cause any potential performance issues for psql8.3
> please?
> version (PostgreSQL 8.3.18 on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC
> 4.1.2)
>
> E.g., got 10 idle connections for 10 days.
> select current_query from pg_stat_activity where usename ='test';
> current_query
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> <IDLE>
> <IDLE>
> <IDLE>
> <IDLE>
> <IDLE>
> <IDLE>
> <IDLE>
> <IDLE>
> <IDLE>
> <IDLE>
>
> Thanks a lot!
> Emi
>

Hi Emi,

As far as I know, it wont affect your performance.

It will affect the overall quantity of users that can connect to the
database though (since there is a limit that you can set up on
postgres.conf).

BR,

Felipe