Part V

Performance Enhancements

This part consists of chapters that discuss the Oracle Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) features that enhance performance, such as statement caching, implicit connection caching, run-time connection load balancing, and Oracle Call Interface (OCI) connection pooling. It also includes a chapter that provides information on Oracle performance extensions, such as update batching and row prefetching.

Part V contains the following chapters:

• Chapter 22, "Statement Caching"

• Chapter 23, "Implicit Connection Caching"

• Chapter 24, "Run-Time Connection Load Balancing"

• Chapter 25, "Performance Extensions"

• Chapter 26, "OCI Connection Pooling"