How to drop connection to remote database server?

[Former Member]

I have an external stored procedure and call a stored procedure located at remote database server. I would like to know how to drop that connection after the call done.

thx!

[Former Member]

What version of SQL Anywhere are you using? If you are using SQL Anywhere 16, then consult the documentation for the DROP REMOTE CONNECTION statement. If you are using SQL Anywhere 12 or below, then look at the CONNECTION CLOSE clause on the ALTER SERVER statement.

[Former Member]

the statement was applied, but the connection is still there and the request type becomes CONNECT_POOL_CACHE. Why?

[jeff_albion]

The connection has been cached at the database server for efficiency reasons (in case you make another connection request in a short amount of time - 60 seconds, by default).

See "Connection Pooling" http://dcx.sybase.com/index.html#sa160/en/dbadmin/sa22c8e99f-db62-4851-a551-ea775eeed6e8.html

and "sa_conn_info": http://dcx.sybase.com/index.html#sa160/en/dbreference/sa-conn-info-system-procedure.html

ReqType

Returns the type of the last request. If a connection has been cached by connection pooling, its ReqType value is CONNECT_POOL_CACHE.