> Jonathan Mast wrote: > > I know that DB connections are expensive and that developers pool > connections to prevent the overhead of frequent instantiation. > Is this design pattern still necessary? I ask because I vaguely > recall skimming over an article that stated that this design > pattern is not needed anymore with newer versions of Java.
I think "skimming" is the key word in the above, leading to misinterpretation of whatever you were reading. Connection pooling is pretty much a necessity in any real-world situation, but it should be handled by the app server, not individual webapps. Tomcat DBCP configuration is in the docs: http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/jndi-datasource-examples-howto.h tml - Chuck P.S. JSPs are servlets, by the way. THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]