Typically, creating a connection is the most performance-expensive operation that an application performs. Connection pooling allows you to reuse connections rather than create a new one every time a driver needs to establish a connection to the database. Connection pooling manages connection sharing across different user requests to maintain performance and reduce the number of new connections that must be created. The DataDirect Connection Pool Manager allows you to pool connections when accessing databases.

Refer to Connection Pool Manager in the Progress DataDirect for JDBC Drivers Reference for more information.