DB Connectivity

[suresh.sa]

Hi,
Can anyone explain me about the

DB Connectivity bet java and back end and wat is the database connection pooling, whats the purpose of connection pooling?

[JosAH]

Hi,
Can anyone explain me about the

DB Connectivity bet java and back end and wat is the database connection pooling, whats the purpose of connection pooling?

Opening a connection takes quite some resources so when you have one connection open better leave it open and reuse it whenever you need a connection. While you don´t need the connection it is kept in a pool and handed back to you when you need it again.¨

kind regards,

Jos