is a MySQL write lock automatically released when a pooled connection is closed?

From:
christopher@dailycrossword.com
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Fri, 7 Mar 2008 13:29:51 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID:
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Greetings,
I am using JDBC (probably version 2), and I use code like this to open
and close connections:

Connection con=null;
Statement sqlstatement=null;
ResultSet sqlresults=null;
PreparedStatement pStatement=null;
  try {
    con=DriverManager.getConnection("name of connection pool");
    ....
    } catch (SQLException e) {/*handle error*/);
    } finally {
    if(con!=null) try { con.close();} catch (SQLException e){}
    if(sqlstatement!=null) try { sqlstatement.close();} catch
(SQLException e){}
    if(pStatement!=null) try { pStatement.close();} catch
(SQLException e){}
    if(sqlresults!=null) try { sqlresults.close();} catch
(SQLException e){}
}

Which I think is like belt and suspenders. In a new connection I will
be locking the table, and I need to be certain it is unlocked when I
am done. I am planning to add the "unlock tables" update to the first
line of the finally block, before the close(). I am wondering what
will happen if there is a hiccup (broken pipe in the connection pooler
or something) -- does the lock ever get released?

    } catch (SQLException e) {/*handle error*/);
    } finally {
    if(con!=null) try {
     sqlstatement.execute("UNLOCK TABLES;"); // (or whatever
      con.close();
      } catch (SQLException e){}
    if(sqlstatement!=null) try { sqlstatement.close();} catch
(SQLException e){}
    if(pStatement!=null) try { pStatement.close();} catch
(SQLException e){}
    if(sqlresults!=null) try { sqlresults.close();} catch
(SQLException e){}
}

This really exposes a fundamental lack of understanding on my part
about the nature of connection pooling -- do temporary tables exist
for the life of pooled connections or just for the current use of the
connector? Variables? When are pooled connections ever actually
closed?

Thanx all!

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