Re: what is pg_stat_activity.query for idle connections ?

David Gauthier <davegauthierpg@gmail.com> writes:
> 11.3 on linux
> I have a DB with a worrisome number of connections with
> pg_stat_activity.query = '/* DBD::Pg ping test v3.5.3 */', all of them with
> state='idle'.  I have code that uses perl's ping method to ping the DB and
> I suspect this is the source.  Is '/* DBD::Pg ping test v3.5.3 */' the last
> thing it did, but because it's idle now, it's actually doing nothing ?

Yes, exactly.

            regards, tom lane