> I need to ping the Mysql database to keep it alive. > > Is there a simple way to do this with SA?
Maybe you'd want to have a look at the "pool_recycle" argument of create_engine. It'll make the connection pool beeing checked if active, and potentially recycle the connections if they are too old. Search for "MySQL has gone away", you'll have different threads talking about that. Hope it helps. Seb -- Sébastien LELONG sebastien.lelong[at]sirloon.net http://www.sirloon.net --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sqlalchemy" group. To post to this group, send email to sqlalchemy@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sqlalchemy?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
