Re: connection limit exceeded

From: Gergely CZUCZY <phoemix(at)harmless(dot)hu>
To: "Jonah H(dot) Harris" <jonah(dot)harris(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tena Sakai <tsakai(at)gallo(dot)ucsf(dot)edu>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: connection limit exceeded
Date: 2007-11-30 20:43:01
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(at)gallo(dot)ucsf(dot)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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Sincerely,

Gergely Czuczy
mailto: gergely(dot)czuczy(at)harmless(dot)hu

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