it names the connection to the database.  This ensures that it will have its own independent connection and therefore independent transaction behavior.  I've noticed that there's a great deal of connection sharing between the components.  I'm not convinced that there is no interleaving of uses.  Again, this is an insurance action.

Is that why the daily_url is crontabber job isn't listed as a job?  I noticed that its use of a connection and transactions is not connection sharing friendly - even with itself.