No, it's not a parameter. He was just explaining that pool_size = 1 may be "weird to look at", and to think at it AS "recycle_connection=True".
On Tuesday, February 19, 2013 5:16:29 PM UTC+1, Richard wrote: > > Hello Michele, > > recycle_connection=True is a web2py connection string parameters? I didn't > see entry in the book, maybe it is not documented yet?! > > Richard > > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 5:50 PM, Michele Comitini > <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Niphold explanation is better than anything I could come out with. >> >> One could ask why pool_size=1 and not pool_size=0 then? >> A pool of one seems logical nonsense, but it works. >> 1 means that we keep recycling that same connection that is bound to >> the non-threading process. >> Think "recycle_connection=True" and write it as "pool_size=1" >> >> mic >> >> >> 2013/2/18 Richard Vézina <[email protected] <javascript:>>: >> > Thanks Niphold for clarification, really appreciate. >> > >> > Richard >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 4:17 PM, Niphlod <[email protected]<javascript:>> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> it "easy". if you run web2py using threads, then pooling is ok, since >> it's >> >> managed in a single process, recycling connections in a pool for each >> new >> >> thread that processes a request, and speeds up things a lot. >> >> >> >> A lot of webserver though use a single process to handle every request, >> >> using fork() (gunicorn, uwsgi, and so on....) to provide concurrency. >> It >> >> means that there are n processes able to serve up to n requests >> >> concurrently. >> >> In that case, there are no threads involved, so there's no need to use >> a >> >> pool, because every request is handled in a "freshly created" new >> single >> >> process. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> --- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> >> "web2py-users" group. >> >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an >> >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > >> > --- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> > "web2py-users" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an >> > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > >> > >> >> -- >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "web2py-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
