Managing Connections
Servlets use the RealWeb
class to manage the
following types of connections to Reality databases:
- Pooled Connections Each request - from any browser - takes the next available connection from the pool, or creates a new connection if none is available.
- Persistent Connections A particular browser is always reconnected to the same server, enabling the server to retain context information for the browser.
- Secure Connections Persistent connections where the user must logon to the database with a user-id and password.
The realweb.ini file contains database connection details. This file is
managed by the rwconfig servlet. For more detailed information on the different
types of connection and on how to use rwconfig, please refer to
Configuring
RealWeb within the RealWeb help.