Have been reading the manual and searching for connection timeout information, but I don't think what I have found answers my questions. Most of what I found so far is C library functions in Chapter 27 on version 8.0 manual (am not a C programmer). I saw connection timeout discussed a little bit with login / authentication type parameters, but it had to do with getting in, not maintaining a connection. We are connecting to PostgreSQL using clients running JBOSS. What I want to know is: - from the PostgreSQL side, how long will a connection to the database be kept open if inactive for a period of time, and where are the parameter(s) to affect that? - does PostgreSQL do connection pooling? - is there any way I can tell if I am getting into trouble on the number of connections open, and how long they have been open, outside of user complaints of lack of service (unable to connect)? I am on Windows 2003, using version 8.0.