Re: PostgreSQL pre-fork speedup

scott.marlowe <scott.marlowe@ihs.com>

From: "scott.marlowe" <scott.marlowe@ihs.com>
To: Rod Taylor <pg@rbt.ca>
Cc: Steve Atkins <steve@blighty.com>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2004-05-05T23:23:23Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Wed, 5 May 2004, Rod Taylor wrote:

> > And, of course, most development environments (perl, php, java etc)
> > have their own language specific connection pooling solutions.
> 
> Yes, the one for php is what I was thinking of when I made my statement.
> They work on a per backend basis as Apache does not allow for the type
> of communication between processes that would otherwise be required. A
> connection created by Apache backend A cannot be used by Apache backend
> B.
> 
> Java is an example where it is done well, but the language decision was
> made long before I joined the firm.
> 
> I cannot tell if mod_pg_pool works across Apache forked backends or is
> still bound to a single process. They state it is intended for sharing
> connections across modules, so it is probably still backend specific.

Have you looked at sqlrealy.sourceforge.net?  IT looks like it might do 
what you need.