Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:43:01 +0100
From: Gergely CZUCZY <phoemix@harmless.hu>
To: "Jonah H. Harris" <jonah.harris@gmail.com>
Cc: Tena Sakai <tsakai@gallo.ucsf.edu>, pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: connection limit exceeded
Message-ID: <20071130204301.GA93231@harmless.hu>
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Hi,

I also have this issue (I'm using 8.2.4), but whenever this happens
I see only a few (4-6) postgresql processes in the system, and my
connection limit is set to 128. Kinda strange. Next time when I
notice it I will check pg_stat_activity and report back.

On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 03:03:31PM -0500, Jonah H. Harris wrote:
> On Nov 30, 2007 2:55 PM, Tena Sakai <tsakai@gallo.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> >  On my postgres 8.1.1, I get a response
> >    psql: FATAL:  connection limit exceeded for non-superusers
>=20
> >  1) Is this to do with max_connections setting in the postgres
> >     configuration file?  (my setting is 100 (I think this is the
> >     default).)
>=20
> Yep.
>=20
> >  2) how would I look at the "open/used" connections?
>=20
> select * from pg_stat_activity;
>=20
> >  3) should I try restarting postgres without changing the setting?
>=20
> Has to be restarted for change to take effect.
>=20
> >  4) what repercussion would there be if I increase this number to,
> >     say, 200? (and would that be a good idea?)
>=20
> A little overhead, nothing bad.
>=20
> >  5) finally, what's the best fix?  (Do I need to go to pgpool?)
>=20
> see pgbouncer
>=20
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> Jonah H. Harris, Sr. Software Architect | phone: 732.331.1324
> EnterpriseDB Corporation                | fax: 732.331.1301
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Sincerely,

Gergely Czuczy
mailto: gergely.czuczy@harmless.hu

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