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>>>I was just going to try it though. It seems as if pooling may not be enabled by default though it can be set in the data connection wizard or by adding 'OLE DB Services=-1' to the connection string. But that begs the question of why pooling is *not* the default....
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>>You're right. Setting OLE DB Services=-1 in the connection string activates pooling. Many thanks.
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>Of course none of this 'thread drift' would have brought us any closer to solving your original problem. Is is still occurring ?
Not sure yet. But no worries, you'll be the first one to know if it does :)
If things have the tendency to go your way, do not worry. It won't last. Jules Renard.