Re: dblink un-named connection doesn't get re-used

Add to TODO:

* Have /contrib/dblink reuse unnamed connections
 http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2007-10/msg00895.php


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Decibel! wrote:
> Is it intentional that dblink's unnamed connections don't get re-used?
> 
> stats=# select datname, usename from pg_stat_activity;
> datname | usename
> ---------+---------
> stats   | decibel
> (1 row)
> 
> stats=# select dblink_connect('dbname=stats');
> dblink_connect
> ----------------
> OK
> (1 row)
> 
> stats=# select dblink_connect('dbname=postgres');
> dblink_connect
> ----------------
> OK
> (1 row)
> 
> stats=# select datname, usename from pg_stat_activity;
> datname  | usename
> ----------+----------
> stats    | decibel
> stats    | postgres
> postgres | postgres
> (3 rows)
> 
> AFAIK there's no way I could possibly use or refer to the connection  
> to stats at this point; so why doesn't dblink close it when I issue  
> the second connect?
> -- 
> Decibel!, aka Jim C. Nasby, Database Architect  decibel@decibel.org
> Give your computer some brain candy! www.distributed.net Team #1828
> 
> 
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