dental creation of prepared
        transactions.  If you are using prepared transactions, you will
        probably want <code class="varname">max_prepared_transactions</code> to be at
        least as large as <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-connection.html#GUC-MAX-CONNECTIONS">max_connections</a>, so that every
        session can have a prepared transaction pending.
       </p><p>
        When running a standby server, you must set this parameter to the
        same or higher value than on the prim