Ah yes - that was me making an unfortunate exptrapolation without thinking it through.
Of course, PHP implements persistent connections for you, etc., etc., not the postgres client library. Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Neil Conway [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, 30 July 2002 12:11 AM > To: Christopher Kings-Lynne > Cc: Luis Alberto Amigo Navarro; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] question on backends > > > On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 11:28:54PM +0800, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: > > libpq has a function pconnect as opposed to connect that will do it. > > libpq has neither function, AFAIK. > > As for persistent backends, it's on the TODO list, but I'm not aware > that anyone has put any work into implementing it. At the moment, > a backend connects to a single database for its entire lifecycle -- so > you'd either need one pool of persistent backends for each database > in use, or you'd need to allow a backend to change the database it is > connected to. > > Cheers, > > Neil > > -- > Neil Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > PGP Key ID: DB3C29FC > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]