{"id":11457,"date":"2024-03-14T14:08:43","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T14:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-specify-a-database-connection-pool-in-mybatis\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T12:09:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T12:09:28","slug":"how-to-specify-a-database-connection-pool-in-mybatis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-specify-a-database-connection-pool-in-mybatis\/","title":{"rendered":"MyBatis Connection Pool Setup Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Configuring the database connection pool in MyBatis can be done by specifying datasource information in the configuration file mybatis-config.xml. This includes specifying the type of database connection pool to use and setting parameters such as maximum connections, minimum connections, and connection timeout.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an example of configuring a data source in the mybatis-config.xml file:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code class=\"lang-xml\">&lt;configuration&gt;\r\n    &lt;environments default=\"development\"&gt;\r\n        &lt;environment id=\"development\"&gt;\r\n            &lt;transactionManager type=\"JDBC\"\/&gt;\r\n            &lt;dataSource type=\"POOLED\"&gt;\r\n                &lt;property name=\"driver\" value=\"com.mysql.jdbc.Driver\"\/&gt;\r\n                &lt;property name=\"url\" value=\"jdbc:mysql:\/\/localhost:3306\/mydatabase\"\/&gt;\r\n                &lt;property name=\"username\" value=\"root\"\/&gt;\r\n                &lt;property name=\"password\" value=\"password\"\/&gt;\r\n            &lt;\/dataSource&gt;\r\n        &lt;\/environment&gt;\r\n    &lt;\/environments&gt;\r\n&lt;\/configuration&gt;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The specified data source type in the configuration is POOLED, along with the related information for database connection such as database driver, connection address, username, and password.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the POOLED type of data source, MyBatis also supports UNPOOLED, JNDI, and XA types of data sources, allowing users to choose the appropriate type based on their actual needs. 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