On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 13:35, Hilary Forbes wrote: > [snip] Is there a way that we can achieve this in Postgres? We have a > situation whereby we have lots of web based users doing short quick > queries and obviously the start up time for a process must add to > their perceived response time. Yes: google for "connection pooling". Note that different solutions exist for different programming languages, so you should look for connection pooling for the language you're using. HTH, Csaba.