Re: How does server handle clients that disconnect ungracefully?

On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 05:53:02AM -0700, Jeff Lanzarotta wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am writing an application that reads information from my PostgreSQL
> database. If I cause the program to crash and the program ends without
> gracefully disconnecting from the database, there is an open connection
> still left in the database.
>
> How does the PostgreSQL server handle clients that disconnect
> ungracefully? Will the server automatically clean up this connection
> that really is not there?

Yes, but it will log a notice about it in the server log.

//Magnus