Difference between a jdbc data source factory and a connection pool

by **abhishek srivastava** on Mon Mar 08, 2010 3:29 am

Hello All,

What is the difference between a connection pool and a jdbc data source factory?

I always use a connection pool in the applications. when should I use the data
source factory?

regards,
Abhishek.

by **rahul srivastava** on Wed Mar 24, 2010 3:40 pm

Abhishek,

data source factories are used when using Application-Scoped JDBC
connection
pools.

[url]http://edocs.bea.com/wls/docs81/ConsoleHelp/jdbc_datasources.html#1106561[/url]

regards,
Rahul.

by **joseph weinstein** on Wed Apr 07, 2010 12:53 am

A datasource factory is just one way to get to a connection pool.