title: Is Database Connection same as Session?
body: <p>I'm bit confused about relationship between a </p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Database Open Session</li>
  <li>Connection pooling</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>To elaborate, I'm using JDBC with Oracle 9i DB and I'm also using a Connection Pool to pool my connections. </p>
  
  <p>What I would like to know is that: When my connections are lying idle in pool, are they associated with any <code>Open Session</code> with database? So If I've 5 connection sitting idle in pool, does that mean there will be 5 corresponding active session Open with my database?</p>