David Gauthier <davegauthierpg@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > 11.3 on linux > I have a DB with a worrisome number of connections with > pg_stat_activity.query = '/* DBD::Pg ping test v3.5.3 */', all of them with > state='idle'. I have code that uses perl's ping method to ping the DB and > I suspect this is the source. Is '/* DBD::Pg ping test v3.5.3 */' the last > thing it did, but because it's idle now, it's actually doing nothing ? Yes, exactly. regards, tom lane