How to close connection in V2

[mistricky]

When I upgrade to V2, the db.Close method does not exist.

defer db.close()

So how to Close the connection of database in V2.

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[jinzhu]

Close is one of the most misused methods, most application don't need it, be sure you really need it.

If yes, use it like:

sqlDB, err := DB.DB()
sqlDB.Close()

[mistricky]

@jinzhu Thx for ur reply, but I get the following error without db.Close

sorry, too many clients already (SQLSTATE 53300))

How do I solve it?

[jinzhu]

Don't Open db connection for each request, initialize a global DB and use it for all requests, also check out http://v2.gorm.io/docs/connecting_to_the_database.html#Connection-Pool

[mistricky]

@jinzhu Okaaay, thx I guess I know what should I do :).

[rebootcode]

Close is one of the most misused methods, most application don't need it, be sure you really need it.

Why is it the most misused method? If an application needs to forcibly close or if the application crashes or somehow stops for any reason - cleanup is the first thing that comes in mind and what are your reason to oppose it?

[jinzhu]

Close is one of the most misused methods, most application don't need it, be sure you really need it.

Why is it the most misused method? If an application needs to forcibly close or if the application crashes or somehow stops for any reason - cleanup is the first thing that comes in mind and what are your reason to oppose it?

it is not necessary to close when crash, and you can still Close DB connection in V2

[tobyartisan]

Close is one of the most misused methods, most application don't need it, be sure you really need it.

Why is it the most misused method? If an application needs to forcibly close or if the application crashes or somehow stops for any reason - cleanup is the first thing that comes in mind and what are your reason to oppose it?

it is not necessary to close when crash, and you can still Close DB connection in V2

@jinzhu or anyone, can you clarify when you should and when you should not close the database connection in GORM v2?

And why do you say that you do not need to close it? Will GORM v2 automatically close all open connections on both a clean application shutdown and when the application crashes?

These details could be a good addition to the documentation page Connecting to a Database.

[anuj-kumar]

Close is one of the most misused methods, most application don't need it, be sure you really need it.

Why is it the most misused method? If an application needs to forcibly close or if the application crashes or somehow stops for any reason - cleanup is the first thing that comes in mind and what are your reason to oppose it?

it is not necessary to close when crash, and you can still Close DB connection in V2

@jinzhu or anyone, can you clarify when you should and when you should not close the database connection in GORM v2?

And why do you say that you do not need to close it? Will GORM v2 automatically close all open connections on both a clean application shutdown and when the application crashes?

These details could be a good addition to the documentation page Connecting to a Database.

@jinzhu To put in other words, on application crash, if close() isn't called explicitly in v2, will gorm be able to handle the graceful shutdown, i.e wait for all ongoing transactions to finish?