A connection to a database is a resource intensive operation that typically comprises a few steps. A channel of communication between the application and the database should be established before the ...

So I'm writing a Samba virtual file system plugin. It has a nice, clean API, and I quickly had the basic functionality down. Problem is, I need database connections to do some access checking. Right ...

The only way to deploy a Rails application on GlassFish v2 is to create a WAR file using Warbler. That’s a great option and is already used in production mode. GlassFish v3 takes that to the next ...

The ability to open several connections to a database and distribute those connections to the next available request for data. On the Web, connection pooling is performed to improve performance.