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  | import λ from "apex.js"; | |
| import { Pool } from "pg"; | |
| // connection details inherited from environment | |
| const pool = new Pool({ | |
| max: 1, | |
| min: 0, | |
| idleTimeoutMillis: 120000, | |
| connectionTimeoutMillis: 10000 | |
| }); | |
| export default function λ(async (event, context) => { | |
| // https://github.com/brianc/node-postgres/issues/930#issuecomment-230362178 | |
| context.callbackWaitsForEmptyEventLoop = false; // !important to reuse pool | |
| const client = await pool.connect(); | |
| try { | |
| await client.query("SELECT NOW()"); | |
| } finally { | |
| // https://github.com/brianc/node-postgres/issues/1180#issuecomment-270589769 | |
| client.release(true); | |
| } | |
| }); | 
  
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This is perfect.
For anyone that may work with this, please don't forget:
Without that, after ~10 requests, your Lambda will throw an error.