On 2012-10-01, Levente Kovacs <leventelist@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 20:24:47 -0700 > Darren Duncan <darren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> Unless you have very unique needs, keeping an open connection for >> days is just wrong anyway; if its for the sake of some user GUI or >> shell, there probably should be safeguards there to encourage users >> to not keep long-running transactions or connections. > > Okay. Thanks for the answers. I implemented an alarm for the timeout, and I > close the connection when it is not needed in certain amount of time. > > However, I have an other question. > Calling PQfinish() on an already closed connection makes my program > segfault. Is this normal? Absolutely. Calling PQfinish on any other pointer to unallocated heap is likely to cause a segfault too. same as calling fclose() on a closed, (or unopened), FILE*. -- ⚂⚃ 100% natural -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
