On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 12:12:13 -0500, Matthew Terenzio
<webmaster@localnotion.com> wrote:
>
> On Dec 29, 2004, at 11:38 AM, Mitch Pirtle wrote:
>
> I don't exactly understand the technical difference between pooled
> connections and persistent ones.
>
> pg_pconnect() is grabbing an existing open connection if one is
> available.
It is, but I am told that it is not really very efficient, and so
pg_connect will actually give you better performance on heavy-load
sites. Again, I've heard this but cannot substantiate.
> How is a connection pool more efficient in doing something along these
> lines?
The pool is specifically designed to do just that - manage connections
and keep existing ones maintained - so it is lightweight and fast.
You can get more info here:
http://sqlrelay.sourceforge.net/sqlrelay/faq.html
I've used it for Oracle-powered sites, as well as putting something
sane between zope/plone and both Oracle and MS SQL.
-- Mitch