{"id":3866,"date":"2024-03-13T07:36:58","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T07:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-set-up-the-connection-pool-for-mybatis\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T22:09:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T22:09:14","slug":"how-to-set-up-the-connection-pool-for-mybatis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-set-up-the-connection-pool-for-mybatis\/","title":{"rendered":"MyBatis Connection Pool Setup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In order to set up the connection pool for MyBatis, you need to add data source configuration in the MyBatis configuration file (usually mybatis-config.xml). 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