A connection to a database is a resource intensive operation that typically comprises a few steps. A channel of communication between the application and the database should be established before the ...

Leverage ADO.Net's ability to work in disconnected mode to enable your application to stay disconnected to the database, conserve the system resources, and reduce the network traffic Microsoft’s ...

The latter uses two different connections and so isn't maxing your pool, but it's significantly slower (a lot of times the biggest overhead in a database call is the connection). <br><br>ADO.Net ...