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Re: Why would I want to use connection pooling middleware?

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Kirk Strauser <kirk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

[snip]

> I understand why pooling within a process itself is a good thing.   
> However, say I have two users running the same program on different  
> desktop machines.  At present, those applications connect with the  
> same username/password that's tied to the program and not the actual  
> user.  It seems like if Abby and Barb end up sharing the same  
> connection from the pool, and Abby runs some giant report query, then  
> Barb would get held back while she waits for it to finish.  Is that  
> true?

I don't believe that's true.  My understanding of pgpool is that it will
reuse an existing connection if it's free, or open a new one if required.

-- 
Bill Moran
http://www.potentialtech.com

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