MySQL Connection Timeout Issue - Grails Application on Tomcat using Hibernate and ORM

Question

I have a small grails application running on Tomcat in Ubuntu on a VPS. I use MySql as my datastore and everything works fine unless I leave the application for more than ha

Answer 1

Add these parameters to dataSource

        testOnBorrow = true
        testWhileIdle = true
        testOnReturn = true

See this article for more information http://sacharya.com/grails-dbcp-stale-connections/