> I have found that switching to pg_connect from pg_pconnect has caused the
> problem to go away. I have been unable to reproduce the problem using
> pr_connect. And switching back to pg_pconnect, I find the problem starts
> again.
This is a known problem with the persistent connections through PHP. IIRC,
we have someone working on this directly in PHP. Correct me if I'm wrong.
> I find this odd, but I am hoping the knowledge of the folks on this list
> might be able to enlighten me as to why this could be. Are there major
> disadvantages to using connect instead of persistent connect?
Because of the above mentioned problems, I have never used persisten
connections, and I don't see much of a lag. I suppose it all depends on
your resources.
-Dan