Yes, php opens 1 persistant connection per apache backend per database. On Thu, 2004-12-30 at 09:03 -0500, Matthew Terenzio wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, 2004-12-30 at 00:20 -0500, Greg Stark wrote: > >> "Gavin M. Roy" <gmr@xxxxxxxx> writes: > >> > >>> I use it on a few very high traffic sites without issue, but it is > >>> tuned so > >>> that there is only 1 persistant connection per apache backend and > >>> postgresql > >>> will allow the max apache backends, which by default is generally > >>> 256. I > >>> highly recommend it in such a situation, while I generally do not > >>> recommend > >>> it in any other. > So if I have one Postgres installation but two databases, is it > possible that PHP would create twice as many persistant connections as > apache childs? This may be where my understanding went awry. > > > > ---------------------------(end of > > broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster >