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oraclejdbcdatabase-connectionkeep-alive

How can I check if the connection is still alive?

I use JDBC for connect to Oracle database. Application is running very long time. So I need to know that the connection was not closed by server and that a network disconnect didn't happen etc.

I cannot use isValid because this is not supported by the JDBC driver.

Solution

  • Running a simple query, something like

    SELECT 1
  FROM dual

    is the most foolproof approach. That's what most Java EE app servers do to verify that a connection from their connection pool is still active.