what is connection pooling?

Question

can some body please explain me connection pooling plzzzz?

i am just not getting it from internet

Answer 1

please read this:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8xx3tyca.aspx

Answer 2

http://www.15seconds.com/issue/970531.htm

this could be also very helpful..- (:

Answer 3

It is layer that handles connections. Instead of opening and handling connection from your application, This way you say

gimme_connection 

and you get the connection becuase it was allready opened or if needed it is reopened. This is usefull for databases where there are lot of "processes" who need connections on same address.