Re: db connection pool question

2003-01-21 Thread NoSect
tnsping sid/servicename ...is the actual way you test for a valid connection. if you can do a select, you already have a connection. select 1 from dual is the standard way to ping oracle for a valid connection. I would also recommend using Oracle's connection pool. It will do this in

Re: [OT] Not spam...I swear--

2003-01-21 Thread NoSect
Ooops. That IS what I meant. I was thinking about the issue of accessing them...and got my sibilants mixed up. Eric C. Hein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:I think NoSect may have meant synchronized. Unlike the new collection implementations, Vector is *synchronized*. - Original Message