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Sleeping Queries [message #119]

Wed, 30 August 2006 15:58

sbazemore
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Registered: August 2006
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina

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Why would mysql not clear sleeping queries properly?

In order for our site to run, we have to set our wait_timeout to 5 in to properly clear the connections or we reach our max connections in a matter of seconds.

If we set the wait_timeout to the default of 28800, most of the sleeping connections never clear out until they hit that limit which causes the connection count to max out constantly.

Any pointers would be highly appreciated.

Thanks

Stephen

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Re: Sleeping Queries [message #120 is a reply to message #119 ]

Wed, 30 August 2006 16:54

Peter
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Registered: August 2006

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Hi,

What operation system are you using ? And what kind of language ?

Are you closing connection properly in your application by calling mysql_close() ?

Typically if application does not close connection it is automatically closed when connection is aborted, ie process terminates.

In some cases however it may take a while for remote size to discover connection was aborted which may show up as sleeping connection for rather long time.

Also how does your processlist looks ?

Peter Zaitsev, MySQL Performance Expert
MySQL Performance Blog - http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com
MySQL Consulting http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/mysql-consulting/

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Re: Sleeping Queries [message #121 is a reply to message #120 ]

Wed, 30 August 2006 17:02

sbazemore
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Registered: August 2006
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina

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We are running Windows Server 2003, MySQL 5.0.24, and PHP5. Also, I am explicitly closing the connection and the sleeps are still there.

The process list looks good with the exception of it being filled with sleeps from 1 second to 5 seconds, which is where they get killed by the wait_timeout.

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Re: Sleeping Queries [message #122 is a reply to message #121 ]

Wed, 30 August 2006 17:14

Peter
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OK I see.

There is the bug filed on this:

http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=20237

Unfortunately it is in No Feedback state.

MySQL Support team tried to repeat it but failed so this seems to be something very specific to envinronment.

Could you please check if this bugs shows up on your system and if yes reopen this bug report.

Peter Zaitsev, MySQL Performance Expert
MySQL Performance Blog - http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com
MySQL Consulting http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/mysql-consulting/

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Re: Sleeping Queries [message #134 is a reply to message #121 ]

Fri, 01 September 2006 05:31

toasty
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Registered: August 2006
Location: UK

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Hi there,

Maybe an obvious one I don't know. Worth checking just in case I think Smile

Are you using mysql_pconnect to open your connection? If so then mysql_close just gets ignored when you call it. (mysql_close only works for connections opened by mysql_connect, i.e. non-persistent ones)

Not sure about IIS but if you're using Apache and have max requests per child quite high the process that has the pconnect open will hang probably around for a while.

You shouldn't really see many more than ((number of apache processes) * (number of different mysql username/password combinations used)) sleeping threads on mysql as a result of this though.

Toasty

[Updated on: Fri, 01 September 2006 05:35]

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Re: Sleeping Queries [message #135 is a reply to message #134 ]

Fri, 01 September 2006 09:08

sbazemore
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Registered: August 2006
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina

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Thanks for the reply. We aren't using mysql_pconnect. We are actually using the mysqli extension which doesn't support persistant connections.

I think the bug peter posted is probably the cause. I'm sure the bug applies to mysqli_connect as well.

We are looking into the bug report and testing the sample code on our servers. We will keep you updated just for reference.

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Re: Sleeping Queries [message #136 is a reply to message #135 ]

Fri, 01 September 2006 09:15

Peter
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Good to know.

mysql_pconnect together with large number of apache children is often cause for large number of connections

Peter Zaitsev, MySQL Performance Expert
MySQL Performance Blog - http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com
MySQL Consulting http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/mysql-consulting/

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