Ugh. Model 1 architecture :-) Connection pooling is the way to go here, definitely. Setup Tomcat to do it for you automatically on startup. Then, just grab a connection from the pool when you need it. Some good documentation on setting up and configuring Tomcat to do that is at http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/jndi-datasource-examples-howto.h tml
In you JSP then, all you would have to write is (after importing java.sql.* and javax.naming.*): Context initContext = new InitialContext(); Context envContext = (Context)initContext.lookup("java:/comp/env"); DataSource ds = (DataSource)envContext.lookup("jdbc/foo"); Connection conn = ds.getConnection(); Statement stmt = conn.createStatement(ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_INSENSITIVE, ResultSet.CONCUR_READ_ONLY); ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(query1); //....run iterator loop and display stuff ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(query2); //....run iterator loop and display stuff ..... ..... rs.close(); conn.close(); //returns connection to tomcat-managed pool...always a good practice to insert this!! The advantage to this of course is that several database connections are established when tomcat is started and then placed into a pool. All you do is grab one that exists....saving a *considerable* amount of transaction time and thus speeding up your page loads. In addition, should the database parameters change such as URL, username, or password, then you only have to change it in one place..the server.xml file. This is also important if you move between dev/test/prod environments and have to point at different database instances. I don't know how many jsp pages you'll have to alter, but I would suggest looking at using a bean that does all of the stuff I wrote out above and returns an iterator or result set through a method. Then, do the bean stuff in the jsp code (sorry...running out of time here...lol). Again, I don't see any other way to improve performance within the scope/limitations you have defined. Steve Miller "Grabbing A Tomcat By The Tail" --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]