Re: Terminate the idle sessions - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Nov 24, 2020, at 11:20 PM, David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 11:22 PM Li Japin <japinli@hotmail.com> wrote:

How about use “foreign-data wrapper” replace “postgres_fdw”?

I don't see much value in avoiding mentioning that specific term - my proposal turned it into an example instead of being exclusive.

-         This parameter should be set to zero if you use some connection-pooling software,

-         or pg servers used by postgres_fdw, because connections might be closed unexpectedly.

+         This parameter should be set to zero if you use connection-pooling software,

+         or <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> servers connected to using foreign-data

+         wrapper, because connections might be closed unexpectedly.

         </para>

Maybe:

+ or your PostgreSQL server receives connection from postgres_fdw or similar middleware.

+ Such software is expected to self-manage its connections.