> Can we add this as a feature request? Believe it would be very
> helpful...

It seems to go against the specification. Newly created connection is
required to be in auto-commit mode. Pooling adds connection
reusability, but does not change the contracts... I will not add this
feature unless I get either: a) major market players do this and this
is de-facto standard; or b) this is not against specification.

Best regards,
Roman Rokytskyy