diff -cpr postgresql-jdbc-8.3-603.src-orig/org/postgresql/core/PGStream.java postgresql-jdbc-8.3-603.src/org/postgresql/core/PGStream.java
*** postgresql-jdbc-8.3-603.src-orig/org/postgresql/core/PGStream.java	2008-02-08 16:42:59.000000000 +0900
--- postgresql-jdbc-8.3-603.src/org/postgresql/core/PGStream.java	2008-02-08 21:29:38.000000000 +0900
*************** public class PGStream
*** 107,112 ****
--- 107,115 ----
          // really need to.
          connection.setTcpNoDelay(true);
  
+         // Enable tcp keep alive timer
+         connection.setKeepAlive(true);
+ 
          // Buffer sizes submitted by Sverre H Huseby <sverrehu@online.no>
          pg_input = new VisibleBufferedInputStream(connection.getInputStream(), 8192);
          pg_output = new BufferedOutputStream(connection.getOutputStream(), 8192);