On 15/12/11 00:13, David Fetter wrote:
>
> Do we have some ideas as to what strategies the Oracle and Microsoft
> SQL Server drivers do? As I recall, the MS-SQL Server ones used to
> use a Timer thread, although that may have changed. Are there other
> relevant drivers whose behavior we should look to?
>
I can't currently help with that one. Time permitting I'll see if I can
grab their express editions and find out, but it's going to be hard to
justify doing that on work time as I don't need this functionality, and
personal time is currently insanely busy.
I've popped a question up here:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8514725/obtaining-a-java-util-timer-or-equivalent-in-a-javaee-friendly-way-that-works-on
to see if I can get some broader input on the issue of portable timers.
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Craig Ringer
