From:             [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Operating system: RedHat 6.2
PHP version:      4.0.6
PHP Bug Type:     OCI8 related
Bug description:  Persistent OCI8 Connections Get Poisoned

I have PHP 4.0.6 compiled as an Apache 1.3.20 module with OCI8 and MySQL on
RedHat 6.2.  I use persistent connections with OCI8 to avoid the costly
connection construction for Oracle for each request.  However, I notice
that these persistent connections get "poisoned" under certain
circumstances.  What I mean by this is this:

Since each persistent connection stays with it's corresponding Apache
process, if the database happens to be down when a request comes in, the
persistent connection that is used throws an ORA-03113.  However, even
when the database comes back, the persistent connection still thinks the
database is down somehow, and will continue to throw the ORA-03113 error. 
As a result, if a request happens to hit the poisoned Apache process, it
appears the database is down.  If a request hits another Apache process,
all is OK.

So far, the only way I've seen to deal this is to restart Apache, and have
the persistent connections build up again.  Obviously, this is not a good
thing, and if database connectivity is lost in any form, the persistent
connections get poisoned again, and the cycle begins.

Now as this might not be a bug per se, I would think that persistent
connections should at least check that they aren't corrupted in some way;
or 'freshen' themselves.  Although I haven't tested it fully, I have never
seen this behavior with persistent MySQL connections.

Please contact me for any further details or clarification if needed.

Thank you,

Hans
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Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=15390&edit=1
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Fixed in CVS:        http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15390&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release:    http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15390&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace:      http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15390&r=needtrace
Try newer version:   http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15390&r=oldversion
Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15390&r=support
Expected behavior:   http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15390&r=notwrong
Not enough info:     http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=15390&r=notenoughinfo


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