>It was Who really uses the VFPOleDB.1 provider? Thread #1158763 Message #1159145 , it just got me thinking about connection pooling.

Ok

>Hmm, I thought IIS5 had DB connection pooling as well, but maybe not.

It could be. But, I guess it would be under a different infrastructure as the interface has changed a lot under IIS 6.

>If cost is an object, maybe you could try MySQL - widely used, considered stable.

We need to keep everything under MS technologies.