Hi all, I''ve setup a wildfire server but while we''re testing, it doesnt have any traffic,

SO mysql connections in ConnectionPool timeout (yes, I''ve tried to tune /etc/my.cnf:wait_timeout=xxx).

The question is after "wait_timeout" in mysql, the server closes the connections, and WildFire doesn''t realize it... so whenever DbConnectionManager/Pool is asked for a Connection, the connection will be likely closed, so the SQL query WILL_NOT succeed, even if the database is all right

Ive tried with the autoReconnect=true parameter, but it only improves the behaviour a little bit (you get a closed Connection every two ''getConnection''''s)

I''ve done a quick-hack to solve this behaviour in WildFire 3.2.2 (attached patch), but its a quick hack, the best would be someone to implement "database.defaultProvider.checkOpenConnection" because is marked "TODO" in

http://wiki.igniterealtime.org/display/WILDFIRE/Wildfire+Properties

These are some interesting links for anyone affected by the same issue:

http://grid.tsinghua.edu.cn/docs/mysql-jdbc/#cj-implementation-notes

(about java.sql.Connection.isClosed() )

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/server-system-variables.html

(about mysql configuration variables, ie. wait_timeout and autoReconnect)

http://wiki.igniterealtime.org/display/WILDFIRE/Wildfire+Properties

(The wildfire todo properties)

http://viconflex.blogspot.com/2006/11/how-to-keep-db-connections-alive-in.html

(The same issue but in JBoss/FDS/Hibernate, and how it was solved. Hint: copy the solution from JBoss to wildfire )

It would be very nice to have this fixed in next release

thanks to all, and best regards

Elias Baixas

============== Tha dirt-hack patch =================

diff -c3 src/wildfire_src_3_2_2/wildfire_src/src/java/org/jivesoftware/database/DbConnec tionManager.java workspace/wildfire_3_2_2/src/java/org/jivesoftware/database/DbConnectionManager .java

• src/wildfire_src_3_2_2/wildfire_src/src/java/org/jivesoftware/database/DbConnect ionManager.java     2007-02-20 00:52:13.000000000 +0100

--- workspace/wildfire_3_2_2/src/java/org/jivesoftware/database/DbConnectionManager .java        2007-03-02 18:14:31.000000000 +0100

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              }

          }

          Connection con = connectionProvider.getConnection();

+         boolean haveConnection=false;

+         int maxTries = 10;

+         while(!haveConnection && maxTries>0){

+            try{

+             & nbsp; PreparedStatement s =con.prepareStatement("SELECT 1");

+             & nbsp; s.execute();

+             & nbsp; haveConnection = true;

+            }catch(SQLException ex){

+             & nbsp; maxTries--;

+             & nbsp; con.close();

+             & nbsp; con = connectionProvider.getConnection();

+            }

+         }

          if (con == null) {

              Log.error("WARNING: ConnectionManager.getConnection() " +