From: Simon J Mudd <sjmudd@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 07:36:26 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Limit the pool size to avoid issues if existing connections get stuck
X-Git-Url: http://git.iain.cx/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3337f4c92dfc74b821d492b8b6dc4be126554c83;p=pstop.git

Limit the pool size to avoid issues if existing connections get stuck
---

diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 0197e83..facfa65 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ func connect_by_defaults_file( defaults_file string ) *sql.DB {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
+	// deliberately limit the pool size to 5 to avoid "problems" if any queries hang.
+	dbh.SetMaxOpenConns(5) // hard-coded value!
+
 	return dbh
 }