Retrieving a connection from JNDI (which includes the connection pools of
tomcat) is described as I think in the Hibernate reference.
Tomcat connection pools are described in the Tomcat Website.
I just wrote this in my book, so I still remember where I found the information.
Regards Sebastian
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