Obtain a pooled connection
Imports System Imports System.Data.SqlClient Public Class MainClass Public Shared Sub Main() Using con As New SqlConnection con.ConnectionString = "Data Source=.\sqlexpress;Database=AdventureWorks;Integrated Security=SSPI;Min Pool Size=5;Max Pool Size=15;Connection Reset=True;Connection Lifetime=600;" con.Open() con.Close() End Using Using con As New SqlConnection con.ConnectionString = "Data Source=.\sqlexpress;Database=AdventureWorks;Integrated Security=SSPI;Pooling=False;" con.Open() con.Close() End Using End Sub End Class