icepol/django-postgresql-persistent

Simple django postgresql_psycopg2 wrapper to create postgresql persistent connection.

django-python-persistent

Simple django postgresql_psycopg2 wrapper to create postgresql persistent connection.

Installation

pip install -e git://github.com/icepol/django-postgresql-persistent.git#egg=django_postgresql_persistent

Why to use it?

Every database connection take some time. It would be tens of milisecond, especially if the database is on another another server and not locally.
You can save this time and speed each request.
Nice graph from NewRelic show this connector in the action.

How to use it?

Just set up this database backend in your settings:

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django_postgresql_persistent',
        'NAME': '...',
        'USER': '...',
        'PASSWORD': '...',
        'HOST': '...',
        'PORT': '5432',
    }
}