how long must a sql server connection be idle before it is closed by the connection pool?

Question

I have a client-server app that uses .NET SqlClient Data Provider to connect to sql server - pretty standard stuff. By default how long must connections be idle before the c

Answer 1

Please go through this:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.data.sqlclient.sqlconnection.connectionstring%28VS.80%29.aspx

The part

"The following table lists the valid names for connection pooling values within the ConnectionString."

seems to be of your interest.