c3p0-config.xml <c3p0-config> <default-config> <property name="automaticTestTable">con_test</property> <property name="checkoutTimeout">30000</property> <property name="idleConnectionTestPeriod">30</property> <property name="initialPoolSize">10</property> <property name="maxIdleTime">30</property> <property name="maxPoolSize">100</property> <property name="minPoolSize">10</property> <property name="maxStatements">200</property> <user-overrides user="test-user"> <property name="maxPoolSize">10</property> <property name="minPoolSize">1</property> <property name="maxStatements">0</property> </user-overrides> </default-config> <!-- This app is massive! --> <named-config name="intergalactoApp"> <property name="acquireIncrement">50</property> <property name="initialPoolSize">100</property> <property name="minPoolSize">50</property> <property name="maxPoolSize">1000</property> <!-- intergalactoApp adopts a different approach to configuring statement caching --> <property name="maxStatements">0</property> <property name="maxStatementsPerConnection">5</property> <!-- he's important, but there's only one of him --> <user-overrides user="master-of-the-universe"> <property name="acquireIncrement">1</property> <property name="initialPoolSize">1</property> <property name="minPoolSize">1</property> <property name="maxPoolSize">5</property> <property name="maxStatementsPerConnection">50</property> </user-overrides> </named-config> </c3p0-config> using ComboPooledDataSource: ComboPooledDataSource cpds = new ComboPooledDataSource("intergalactoApp"); using the DataSources factory class: DataSource ds_pooled = DataSources.pooledDataSource( ds_unpooled, "intergalactoApp" );