Trying to make the SQL connections more reliable with threads.

app/db_sql.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from app.log import log, logging, logger_reset
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine, text, Time
 from sqlalchemy.exc import IntegrityError, OperationalError, ProgrammingError
 from sqlalchemy.pool import NullPool
+# from multiprocessing import Pool
 
 
 db_uri = settings.SQLALCHEMY_DB_URI
@@ -31,6 +32,22 @@ engine = create_engine(
 # NOTE: Switching from READ COMMITTED to READ UNCOMMITTED (or REPEATABLE READ). Testing started 2024-04-23
 # levels: "REPEATABLE READ" "READ COMMITTED" "READ UNCOMMITTED" "SERIALIZABLE"
 
+
+# def run_in_process(some_data_record):
+#     with engine.connect() as conn:
+#         conn.execute(text("..."))
+
+
+# def initializer():
+#     """ensure the parent proc's database connections are not touched
+#     in the new connection pool"""
+#     engine.dispose(close=False)
+
+
+# with Pool(10, initializer=initializer) as p:
+#     p.map(run_in_process, data)
+
+
 log.info('DB SQL trying to connect...')
 db = None
 try:
@@ -1268,7 +1285,7 @@ def redis_lookup_id_random(
         table_name: str,
         check_int_id: bool = False,
         log_lvl: int = logging.INFO, # DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, EXCEPTION, CRITICAL
-        minutes: int = 8, # Expire the Redis key after 8 minutes
+        minutes: int = 30, # Expire the Redis key after 8 minutes
         reset_rate: int = 10, # 1 in 10 chance of resetting the Redis key
         ) -> str|int|bool|None:
     log.setLevel(log_lvl)