Connection pooling options with JDBC: DBCP vs C3P0

Question

What is the best connection pooling library available for Java/JDBC?

I\'m considering the 2 main candidates (free / open-source):

• Apache DBCP - http:/

Answer 1

Unfortunately they are all out of date. DBCP has been updated a bit recently, the other two are 2-3 years old, with many outstanding bugs.