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Subject: RE: Re-2: [IBO] sharing connections beetween threads (19-Okt-2004 9:41)
From: alan@...
To: mw@...

>
> > I share a pool of connection wich are initialized
> > connected and stored in a list. If a thread starts
> > I'm validating the connection and lock it for use
> > until the thread terminates.
> >
> > I remove the lock and leave it in the list. If
> > all connections are in use I create a new one and add
> > it to the list.
> >
> > So at least there are as many connection than threads.
> > Each thread has it's one connection for exclusive use but
> > the connections are not created in the context of the thread
> > itself and they are reused in different threads.
> >
> > maik
>
> they don't have to be created in the context of the thread. It's quite
> alright for threads to use connections which are components created at
> application start up on a data module. As long as they establish the
> connection and have exclusive use of the connection during the execution of
> the thread.
> Alan
>

That's the point Alan. I don't want to establish the connection everytime
I start a new thread.

maik