Re: dblink un-named connection doesn't get re-used

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Decibel! wrote:
> Is it intentional that dblink's unnamed connections don't get re-used?
>
> stats=# select datname, usename from pg_stat_activity;
> datname | usename
> ---------+---------
> stats | decibel
> (1 row)
>
> stats=# select dblink_connect('dbname=stats');
> dblink_connect
> ----------------
> OK
> (1 row)
>
> stats=# select dblink_connect('dbname=postgres');
> dblink_connect
> ----------------
> OK
> (1 row)
>
> stats=# select datname, usename from pg_stat_activity;
> datname | usename
> ----------+----------
> stats | decibel
> stats | postgres
> postgres | postgres
> (3 rows)
>
> AFAIK there's no way I could possibly use or refer to the connection
> to stats at this point; so why doesn't dblink close it when I issue
> the second connect?
> --
> Decibel!, aka Jim C. Nasby, Database Architect decibel(at)decibel(dot)org
> Give your computer some brain candy! www.distributed.net Team #1828
>
>
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