Agreed - however we are doing limited, time-bound feasibility studies of many competing combinatorials in order to see if we should make a recommendation for a specific direction. If this is the direction we take, a connection pool is mandatory - but likely would be the job of the container / app server we select. Thanks much for your assistance. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3977674#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...