A connection to a database is a resource intensive operation that typically comprises a few steps. A channel of communication between the application and the database should be established before the ...

ADO.NET closes pooled connections (and removes them from the pool) after a random time between 4 and 8 minutes. If there is no activity on your web application for 8 minutes, there should be no ...

Leverage ADO.Net's ability to work in disconnected mode to enable your application to stay disconnected to the database, conserve the system resources, and reduce the network traffic Microsoft’s ...

Faster performance in business applications comes down to reducing the "critical two" -- disk I/O and trips to the server. Doing that means doing a lot of things right, starting with your database ...