On Wed, 2010-06-30 at 20:42 +0200, Szymon Guz wrote:
> Hi,
> in a PHP application working on Postgres normally the new connection
> to the database is made per request. 
> 
> 
> This can potentially cause too big overhead, so I've got some
> questions:
> 
> 
> - is the overhead really noticeable?

It can be.

> - could this be solved using persistent connections, or the persistent
> connections in php and postgres don't work properly?

Don't use them.

> - could this be solved using something like pgpool?
> 
Yes, using a connection pooler will solve the problem. I prefer
pgbouncer.

Joshua D. Drake


> 
> regards
> Szymon

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