Re: Python interface memory leak?

From: Denis Gasparin <denis(at)edinet(dot)it>
To: Postgresql General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Stephen Robert Norris <srn(at)commsecure(dot)com(dot)au>
Subject: Re: Python interface memory leak?
Date: 2001-10-17 06:56:20
Message-ID: 5.1.0.14.0.20011017085106.00a8dc90@10.1.1.2
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At 16/10/01 14.00, you wrote:
>Does the python interface leak memory? We are seeing the process grow
>with basically every select. Any suggestions on what's going on? There
>are no cycles, and a trivial program (basically a loop around a select)
>demonstrates the problem.
>
>This is 7.1.2 on RH7.[01].
>
> Stephen

The python interface stores query datas in memory. If you don't clean such
datas, the used memory will grow up...

If this is not the case, try the PoPy postgres driver for Python
(http://popy.sourgeforge.net or
http://freshmeat.net/redir/popy/8258/url_tgz/PoPy-2.0.7.tar.gz ).

Regards,

Doct. Eng. Denis
Gasparin denis(at)edistar(dot)com
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