SqlConnectionStringBuilder sets the Pooling property to true by default

Posted by timvw on August 18, 2011 Leave a comment (2) Go to comments

Here is something that surprised me: SqlConnectionStringBuilder sets the Pooling property to true by default.

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  1. ct August 25, 2011 at 10:26

    Why would you not want it pooled by default?

  2. timvw September 1, 2011 at 06:49

    I agree that in general connection pooling is something desirable. But sometimes you don’t want to pay upfront (allocating system resources you don’t need) or suffer the pain when some applications don’t behave well.

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