Re: using the same connection? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From ncm@zembu.com (Nathan Myers)
Subject Re: using the same connection?
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Msg-id 20010206110406.O624@store.zembu.com
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In response to using the same connection?  (Mathieu Dube <mathieu_dube@videotron.ca>)
Responses Re: using the same connection?  (Mathieu Dube <mathieu_dube@videotron.ca>)
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On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 11:08:49AM -0500, Mathieu Dube wrote:
> 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...

You would have to hold the lock from BEGIN until COMMIT.
Otherwise, connection re-use is normal.  

Nathan Myers
ncm@zembu.com


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