> BTW, what's at line 82 in FBDataSource.java for the RC3 release?

/**
* <p>Attempt to establish a database connection.
*
* @return a Connection to the database
* @exception SQLException if a database-access error occurs.
*/
public Connection getConnection() throws SQLException {
try {
return (Connection)cm.allocateConnection(mcf,
mcf.getDefaultConnectionRequestInfo());
}
catch (ResourceException re) {
throw new FBSQLException("Problem getting connection: " + re);
}
}

In your case cm (ConnectionManager) comes from JBoss.

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