>
> A note though : you'll have to turn off HTTP persistent
> connections in your server (not in your proxy) or youre back to
> square one.
>
I hadn't considered that. On the client side it would seem to be up to
the client whether to use a persistent connection or not. If it does,
then yeah, a request every 5 seconds would still just hold open a
server. One more reason to use a proxy I s'pose.
>>
>> It's clear that this discussion has moved way away from PG! Although
>> in the context of DB backed web apps I guess in remains a bit
>> on-topic...
>
>
> I find it very on-topic as
> - it's a way to help this guy solve his "pg problem" which was iin
> fact a design problem
> - it's the future of database driven web apps (no more reloading
> the whole page !)
>
> I think in the future there will be a good bit of presentation
> login in the client...
Not if Bruno has his way ;-)