Hi

> Beyond slowness during a session, the call to Connection.close() when

using Jaybird is REALLY slow, about 5-12 seconds.

There is something wrong. I can't tell you what to do or where to search,
but Connection.close() is hardly noticeable on my system.

The only situation, when Connection.close() might take that much time, is
when you did a LOT of updates in one transaction and you do not use
connection pools.
Basicly, commit when possible and use connection pools.

Regards,
Steffen