Connection Pooling in .NET/SQL Server?

Question

Is it necessary or advantageous to write custom connection pooling code when developing applications in .NET with an SQL Server database? I know that ADO.NET gives you the

Answer 1

Well, it is going to go away as the answer to all these questions will be LINQ. Incidentally, we have never needed custom connection pooling for any of our applications, so I am not sure what all the noise is about.