Persistent Connects (pg_pconnect)

Hello all,

I am having some problems with persistent connections.

The PHP scripts in my content management system (CMS) are connecting using 
pg_pconnect(" dbname='MYDB' user='user' password='password'' 
port='5432'  "). I have not been able to connect to the PostgreSQL database 
when I include the host parameter in the pg_pconnect string and I don't 
understand why. Each time one of us uses the CMS, a new persistent 
connection process owned by postgres is started up. With 3 people accessing 
the CMS sporadically, 32 persistent connections are in existence and then 
Linux tells me there are too many connections!  Sometimes I believe 
existing connections are reused but not often!

Has anyone else had this sort of experience with persistent connections? It 
is driving me mad so I would appreciate any help or pointers you might have.

Thanks,
Colleen.

Colleen Williams
colleen@digital-arts.co.uk

0207 484 8825

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