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From: "Kevin Grittner" <kgrittn@mail.com>
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Sergio Mayoral wrote:

> I cannot use persistent connections. I must open/close a connection
> anytime I want to insert something new.

That's odd. Why is that?

> do i have to configure something different? Am i missing something?

You could use pgbouncer to hold database connections open for you and
provide a somewhat more lightweight connection process.

-Kevin