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https://github.com/kennethreitz/django-postgrespool

Postgres Connection Pooling for Django, powered by SQLAlchemy.
https://github.com/kennethreitz/django-postgrespool

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Postgres Connection Pooling for Django, powered by SQLAlchemy.

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Django-PostgresPool
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This is a simple Postgres Connection Pooling backend for Django 1.4+, powered by the lovely and beautiful SQLAlchemy.

Usage
-----

Using Django-PostgresPool is simple, just set ``django_postgrespool`` as your connection engine:

::

DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django_postgrespool'

If you're using the `dj-database-url `_ module:

::

import dj_database_url

DATABASES = {'default': dj_database_url.config(engine='django_postgrespool')}

If you're using `south `_:

::

SOUTH_DATABASE_ADAPTERS = {
'default': 'south.db.postgresql_psycopg2'
}

Everything should work as expected.

Installation
------------

Installing Django-PostgresPool is simple, with pip::

$ pip install django-postgrespool

Configuration
-------------

Optionally, you can provide additional options to pass to SQLAlchemy's pool creation::

DATABASE_POOL_ARGS = {
'max_overflow': 10,
'pool_size': 5,
'recycle': 300
}

Here's a basic explanation of two of these options:

* **pool_size** – The *minimum* number of connections to maintain in the pool.
* **max_overflow** – The maximum *overflow* size of the pool. This is not the maximum size of the pool.

The total number of "sleeping" connections the pool will allow is ``pool_size``.
The total simultaneous connections the pool will allow is ``pool_size + max_overflow``.

As an example, databases in the `Heroku Postgres `_ starter tier have a maximum connection limit of 20. In that case your ``pool_size`` and ``max_overflow``, when combined, should not exceed 20.

Check out the official `SQLAlchemy Connection Pooling `_ docs to learn more about the optoins that can be defined in ``DATABASE_POOL_ARGS``.

Django 1.3 Support
------------------

django-postgrespool currently supports Django 1.4 and greater. See `this ticket `_ for 1.3 support.