From: Stephan Richter [mailto:srichter@cbu.edu]

My client went live with a site today and we are having huge problems with the DB connections. Every one out of five times the request will time out. We are heavily using DB tables for our data storage. (We are using PostGres.)

My client has read that other people experienced the same issue, since only 7 DB connections are allowed at a given time. She read that you can hack the python code somewhere. I am sure you guys know how to do this. If you could send me a set of instructions of how to fix it, that would be great.

As the ZPostgreSQLDA is not thread safe, it uses only one DB connection for all threads. It is a so-called level 2 DA. For an explanation, see: http://www.zope.org/Members/petrilli/DARoadmap I thus doubt that your problem is related to the 7 ZODB connection limit. I you don't specify how many threads Zope should use (with z2.py), you will never run into this limit. I suggest you first try and pinpoint the problem. The following HowTos might help: http://www.zope.org/Members/mcdonc/HowTos/DEBUG-LOG http://www.zope.org/Members/klm/debuggingzope http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Misc/DEBUGGING.txt Also, have a look at /Control_Panel/manage_debug. I have a feeling it might be related to the ZPostgreSQLDA, but that is only a hunch, nothing concrete. -- Martijn Pieters, Software Engineer | Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com | Creators of Zope http://www.zope.org | mailto:mj@digicool.com ICQ: 4532236 | PGP: http://wwwkeys.nl.pgp.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xA8A32149 -------------------------------------------