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connection pool
Last modified: Wednesday, January 23, 2002
A cache of database connections maintained in the database's memory so that the connections can be reused when the database receives future requests for data.
Connection pools are used to enhance the performance of executingcommands on a database. Opening and maintaining a database connection for each user, especially requests made to a dynamic database-driven Web application, is costly and wastes resources. In connection pooling, after a connection is created, it is placed in the pool and it is used over again so that a new connection does not have to be established. If all the connections are being used, a new connection is made and is added to the pool. Connection pooling also cuts down on the amount of time a user must wait to establish a connection to the database.
Connection Pooling With ASP
Connection pooling with ASP, ISAPI, IDC, and Visual Basic applications. Included is a discussion of ODBC 3.0 and the newest bug fix for ODBC.
