On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 8:59 PM, Chris <dmagick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Richard Huxton wrote: >> >> WireSpot wrote: >>> >>> This mechanism is still not perfect. Technically it is still possible >>> for race conditions to appear. Apparently (in PHP at least) pg_connect >>> does persistent connections by default. >> >> Nope - pg_pconnect() does that. Multiple calls to pg_connect() within >> the same script will give the same connection though. > > IFF you supply exactly the same details (db/host/port, user, pass) - if any > are different you'll get a new connection. There's a bool arg you can throw at the connection to stop that. >From the pg_connect page: If a second call is made to pg_connect() with the same connection_string as an existing connection, the existing connection will be returned unless you pass PGSQL_CONNECT_FORCE_NEW as connect_type . It's not like the behaviour is hidden or something. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
