Re: Terminate the idle sessions

On Nov 24, 2020, at 11:20 PM, David G. Johnston <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com<mailto:david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>> wrote:

On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 11:22 PM Li Japin <japinli(at)hotmail(dot)com<mailto:japinli(at)hotmail(dot)com>> wrote:

How about use “foreign-data wrapper” replace “postgres_fdw”?

I don't see much value in avoiding mentioning that specific term - my proposal turned it into an example instead of being exclusive.

- This parameter should be set to zero if you use some connection-pooling software,
- or pg servers used by postgres_fdw, because connections might be closed unexpectedly.
+ This parameter should be set to zero if you use connection-pooling software,
+ or <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> servers connected to using foreign-data
+ wrapper, because connections might be closed unexpectedly.
</para>

Maybe:

+ or your PostgreSQL server receives connection from postgres_fdw or similar middleware.
+ Such software is expected to self-manage its connections.

Thank you for your suggestion and patient! Fixed.

```
+ <para>
+ This parameter should be set to zero if you use connection-pooling software,
+ or <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> servers connected to using postgres_fdw
+ or similar middleware (such software is expected to self-manage its connections),
+ because connections might be closed unexpectedly.
+ </para>
```

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Best regards
Japin Li