This section documents the JDBC extensions that
Establishing a connection to the database can be a relatively expensive operation in client/server environments. Establishing the connection once and then using the same connection for multiple requests can dramatically improve the performance of a database.
The
An XAConnection produces an XAResource, and, over its lifetime, many Connections. It allows for distributed transactions.
An XADataSource is simply a ConnectionPoolDataSource that produces XAConnections.
In addition,
Sets a property to create a database at the next connection. The string argument must be "create".
Sets a property to shut down a database. Shuts down the database at the next connection. The string argument must be "shutdown".