Not sure where to put this, so i'll try here. The online documentation
for .NET:

Root=>Reference=>APIs=>DB2 .NET Data Provider=>DB2Connection
Class=>Properties=>State Property

<URL:http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/db2luw/v8/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.db2.udb.dndp.doc/htm/frlrfIBMDataDB2DB2ParameterCollectionClassTopic.ht m>

[Hmm..., well, i might as well try it.]

<URL:http://tinyurl.com/ek9fc>

Subsection "Remarks":

Note Calling the State property on an open connection increases
application overhead because each such call results in an exlplicti
low-level call to determine if the connection is still valid.

The word "exlplicti" should probably not have an extra "i". And, the
word "Note" should have a colon after it.

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Well, it's good that i read that. I was going to add such a check here
and there.

B.

FYI, forwarded this report to Info Development team; they will address
this in a future release. Thanks for pointing it out.

Regards,
- Steve P.
--
Steve Pearson, IBM DB2 UDB for LUW Development, IBM Software Group
DB2 "Portland" Team, IBM Beaverton Lab, Beaverton, OR, USA

Thanx.

B.

I see that in DB2 version 9 online documentation
there is currently a "feedback" button at the bottom
of every page. Whoopee! I've wanted this for
years. Of course, it remains to be seen whether
the IBM beurocracy will be adept at reacting
promptly to valid submissions from this new
channel. And of course whether it will be a
permanent feature. Did someone say
something about beating the documentation
into shape, or was that just about the code?
Miaow. :-)