on 8/5/03 3:07 PM, scott.marlowe at scott.marlowe@xxxxxxx wrote: > On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Lynna Landstreet wrote: > >> But hey, come to think of it, maybe I could turn the pg_connect into a >> pg_pconnect and just have it check to see if $db already exists before >> connecting - that way there'd be only one connection per site visit! Cool, >> your question gave me a new idea... :-) > > Be VERY wary of persistant connections. They are fraught with danger and > can cause your server to present the "too many connections" error message > after being up for a while. <rest snipped> Hmmm, OK. I didn't realize they didn't time out. Maybe it's best to leave it the way it is now, with just one pg_connect being called in the head of each document. Thanks. Lynna -- Resource Centre Database Coordinator Gallery 44 www.gallery44.org
