Java and Database Connectivity

Using resources: Why be tidy?

• You don't need to be tidy
  • Doesn't matter for small or non-critical programs
  • Connections will be reclaimed by the garbage collector if you don't expicitly close them
• But
  • You don't know when garbage collection will happen
  • It might happen before you've finished with your result set
  • It might not happen for a long time, and you might be left with many open sessions which will overload your database server

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