I'm not 100% sure I follow in that part of if its the client cause currently when I run it on my own computer it does the same thing. Only when I stop tomcat and start it again then i get the 3 default connection that postgres has set up. our server does the same thing. -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/Connection-pooling-tp5776378p5776490.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - general mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general