Julian, On 1/5/16 9:25 AM, Julian Reschke wrote: > Hi there, > > maybe that's a stupid question, but why do we need a configurable > validationQuery when there's > > Connection.isValid(...) > > <https://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/sql/Connection.html#isValid%28int%29>
Because not all JREs have the Connection.isValid method available, and the validation query is a fall-back mechanism. Connection.isValid was added in Java 1.6, and tomcat-pool is backward compatible down to Java 1.5. -chris --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org