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Connection Pooling: Herve Roggero

Connection pooling in ADO.NET improves performance by reusing existing open connections rather than continuously opening and closing connections. Common mistakes that can negatively impact connection pooling include changing the connection string, impersonating different users, and distributing data across many databases. SQL Profiler and performance counters can be used to monitor connection pools and identify issues. Programmatic options exist to reset connection pools as needed.

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Connection Pooling: Herve Roggero

Connection pooling in ADO.NET improves performance by reusing existing open connections rather than continuously opening and closing connections. Common mistakes that can negatively impact connection pooling include changing the connection string, impersonating different users, and distributing data across many databases. SQL Profiler and performance counters can be used to monitor connection pools and identify issues. Programmatic options exist to reset connection pools as needed.

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Connection Pooling

Herve Roggero
http://www.herveroggero.com
[email protected]
Topics Covered

 ADO.NET connection pooling overview


 Objectives of connection pooling and limitations
 Common mistakes with connection pooling
 Review common mistakes leading to connection pooling issues
 Programmatic control over connection pooling
 Options to reset connection pools
 Analyze behavior of connection pooling in .NET
 Demo on how an application can affect connection pooling
Overview

 Reasons for connection pooling


 Improves application performance
 Improves database scalability
 What controls connection pooling
 Connection String
 Currently logged on user for connections with Integration Security
 Transaction state
 Multiple connections are needed when…
 Application uses multi-threading to connect to a database
 Different connection strings are used over time
 Different security contexts/users are used (WinForm & ASP.NET)

(*) Connection strings must match exactly for connection pooling to work properly
Connections and Connection Pools

Connection A3
Connection A2

Connection A1 Connection B1

Connection Pool A Connection Pool B


(based on connection string signature, (Ex: Initial Catalog is different)
security context & transaction scope)

ADO.NET

SqlConnection (.NET code)


Common Mistakes

 Use a connection string as a means to pass a variable to SQL Server


 Use the Application Name to send a user key, or license key
 Impersonate users that have a corresponding database login
 Change the UID/PWD fields in the connection string for each user
 Use network impersonation in IIS or WinForm
 Change the security context of a user on the running thread and use
Network Authentication
 Overly distribute data across a large number of databases
 The Initial Catalog property of the connection string changes too often

Objectives are to release connections quickly & minimize the number of connection pools
Viewing Connection Pools

 SQL Trace
 Audit:Login and RPC_Completed (sp_reset_connection)
 Performance Counters (using perfmon.exe)
 .NET Data Provider for Sql Server
 .NET Data Provider for Oracle
 Important Counters
 HardConnectsPerSecond (physical database connections)
 NumberOfActiveConnectionPools (*) (number of connection pools)
 NumberOfFreeConnections (*) (available connections in the pools)
 SoftConnectsPerSecond (*) (connections leveraging connection pooling)

(*) These counters are off by default; they must be activated in the application config file
Summary

 Overview of Connection Pooling


 Using SQL Profiler and PerfMon to monitor connection pools
 Programmatic control of pooling
 Common mistakes with connection pooling

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