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Old 04-24-2008, 06:16 PM
Craig Ringer
 
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Default Re: SELECT 'DBD::Pg ping test'

sathiya psql wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> This query is being executed nearly a million times....
> SELECT 'DBD::Pg ping test'
>
> Why this is being executed ? What is the use ?


A client is sending a query to the server solely to see if the server
responds.

DBD::Pg is the Perl database driver for PostgreSQL. Presumably the
application using that driver has some sort of keepalive or database
connectivity check enabled, so it's periodically issuing these queries.

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