ok, with https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TOMEE-703 (available tomorrow on snapshot)
+ <Resource id="jdbc/poolbugtest" type="DataSource"> DataSourceCreator tomcat JdbcDriver com.mysql.jdbc.Driver JdbcUrl jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/poolbugtest ValidationQuery SELECT * FROM MYTABLE JtaManaged true jdbcInterceptors = StatementFinalizer </Resource> it should be better can you check it please? Romain Manni-Bucau Twitter: @rmannibucau Blog: http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com/ LinkedIn: http://fr.linkedin.com/in/rmannibucau Github: https://github.com/rmannibucau 2013/1/4 Howard W. Smith, Jr. <smithh032...@gmail.com>: > Is this possibly related to the following discussion (which was > coincidentally discussed today as well on tomcat user list) ? > > http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/jdbc-pool-Transaction-left-open-by-the-connection-validation-mechanism-td4991758.html