Java Database connection pool (BoneCP vs DBPool vs c3p0)

Question

For a Java app outside of a J2EE container, which connection pool library is the best?

• I heard c3p0 is getting outdated.
• Jakarta\'s c

Answer 1

I am currently trialing BoneCP in a large enterprise intranet environment. I had consistent threading issues with c3p0 (pretty common ones if you dig around), so I did my research and it seemed like the best stock library. The configuration is a bit of an exercise, but once you get it down, it seems great.