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title: "What happens if connection pooling is enabled?"  
description: "What happens if connection pooling is enabled?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2011-02-07  
updated: 2020-09-18  
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# What happens if connection pooling is enabled?

If connection pooling is enabled and when you call Close or Dispose methods, then the connection is returned to the connection pool. This connection can then be reused.If connection pooling is disabled and when you call Close or Dispose methods, the underlying connection to the server is actually closed.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

If connection pooling is enabled and when you call Close or Dispose methods, then the connection is returned to the connection pool. This connection can then be reused.If connection pooling is disabled and when you call Close or Dispose methods, the underlying connection to the server is actually closed.


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