FOXPRO: Connection Pooling Sucks

Connection pooling can really suck when you're not using SQL server or another client/server based SQL. Take foxpro for example. Connection polling in OLEDB can keep a table "open" long after you've cleared references to it. This means that if you want the table exclusive later on you wont be able to because of the reference. I discovered this when I needed to physically delete a table that I had opened and read the information from

        Dim strConnString = "Driver={Microsoft Visual Foxpro Driver};SourceType=DBF;SourceDB=C:\DBFDIRECTORY;Uid=;Pwd=;OLE DB Services=-4;"

The sample above shows that OLE DB Services=-4 will turn off that connection pooling on foxpro and close the table when you actually request it. There is some small performance hit here, but nothing to hollar about considering youre using foxpro anyhow. :)