On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 21:37, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: >> I strongly believe you're in the minority on that one, for the same >> reasons that I don't think most people would agree with your notion of >> what should be the default shutdown mode. A database that can't >> accept new connections is a liability, not an asset. > > Killing active sessions when it's not absolutely necessary is not an > asset.
It certainly can be. Consider any connection pooling scenario, which would represent the vast majority of larger deployments today - if you don't kill the sessions, they will never go away. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
