Introduction Database connections are not free, and that’s the reason for using a connection pooling solution in the first place. However, the connection pool alone does not solve every issue associated to managing database connections. The application developer must make sure that every Connection is closed when no longer needed. Behind the scenes, the connection pool gives a logical transaction which, when being closed, it returns back to the pool so that it can be further reused by other concurrent transactions. A connection leak happens when a connection is acquired without ever… Read More