From: Jonah H. Harris <jonah.harris@gmail.com>
To: Tena Sakai <tsakai@gallo.ucsf.edu>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: connection limit exceeded
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:03:31 -0500
Message-ID: <36e682920711301203g7fdb1b81vc7d2bbb2e4018827@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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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
> 1) Is this to do with max_connections setting in the postgres
> configuration file? (my setting is 100 (I think this is the
> default).)
Yep.
> 2) how would I look at the "open/used" connections?
select * from pg_stat_activity;
> 3) should I try restarting postgres without changing the setting?
Has to be restarted for change to take effect.
> 4) what repercussion would there be if I increase this number to,
> say, 200? (and would that be a good idea?)
A little overhead, nothing bad.
> 5) finally, what's the best fix? (Do I need to go to pgpool?)
see pgbouncer
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