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Re: Client connection lost; still in the task list


  • From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
  • To: "Didier Gasser-Morlay" <didiergm(at)gmail(dot)com>
  • Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
  • Subject: Re: Client connection lost; still in the task list
  • Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:29:28 -0400
  • Message-id: <24431.1208885368@sss.pgh.pa.us> <text/plain>

"Didier Gasser-Morlay" <didiergm(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> So my question is what makes PostgreSQL realise that a connection is
> dead ? when will it drop it and free the connection ?

It'll drop it when the kernel tells it the connection is dead.
Standard TCP timeouts are measured in hours, though.  You might
be able to get a shorter timeout to be applied by fooling with
the "keepalive" parameters, if those can be adjusted on your platform.

			regards, tom lane



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