Re: Socket Server with MySQL
On 27-11-2009 22:29, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
Arne Vajh?j wrote:
Jerry Stuckle wrote:
Arne Vajh?j wrote:
Jerry Stuckle wrote:
Arne Vajh?j wrote:
Axel Schwenke wrote:
You should not keep a MySQL connection open if you don't need it.
Unlike other DBMS, MySQL is pretty fast on opening a connection.
That will make the code work well with MySQL but bad with
other databases. If the intent is to write database independent
code, then it is not an optimal solution.
Not necessarily. It's also a bad idea to leave unused connections
open for hours on Oracle, SQL Server and DB2.
If you're using the connections, there is no problem keeping them
open in MySQL or any other database. But if you're not using the
connections, you should NOT leave them open in any database I'm
familiar with.
This is from the MySQL perspective.
From the application perspective one should close the connection,
but that does release it back to the connection pool - the connection
pool keep the connection open in the database.
It is also from the perspective of Oracle, SQL Server and DB2. All of
them recommend AGAINST keeping pools of unused connections open for
extended periods. The needlessly use system resources which could be
used for other things - and can slow down the entire system.
Well - I believe that they do recommend use of connection pools.
Yes, they do. But the do not recommend using pools which have
connections which are unused for great lengths of time.
I am pretty sure that they recommend having a minimum number
of free connections available at all time.
Arne
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