Java Database connection pool (BoneCP vs DBPool vs c3p0)
For a Java app outside of a J2EE container, which connection pool library is the best? I heard c3p0 is getting outdated. Jakarta's common pool library is no longer under development Therefore I'm left with BoneCP and DBPool . From what I can tell both have limited activity. The main difference I can see is performance, which BoneCP seems to win out with. However the documentation is pretty weak. Which database pool library have you used in the real world and why? What was the good and bad? At work we have used BoneCP (as the replacement for c3p0) and as far as I know haven't had any issues (I