[Pgpool-general] Disconnecting idle clients

[Poul Møller Hansen]

This is probably a FAQ question, but I haven't able to find the answer.

Using pgpool version 3.0.2-1 and PostgreSQL version 8.1.4-7 on Ubuntu 6.10
I have tried these settings in pgpool.conf

num_init_children = 3
max_pool = 1
connection_life_time = 120

child_life_time = 300
child_max_connections = 2

Now I'm making 4 client connections with psql. The 4. connection hangs 
like expected,
but it hangs forever.
I would have expected the idle connections to be kicked off after 300 
seconds giving
access to the 4. client, or have I misunderstood the concept ?

what is the child_max_connections actually doing ?


Thanks,
 Poul