prevent internal connection pooling by absuing transactions in a custom pool of MAX_CON connections
reinstate DB_CONN_STR
Pool *DB's rather than *Tx's. Much less of a hack and still performs pretty well
merge with fortune test
fixed fortune test to work alongside db changes. Note that the fortuen test does not use the new db changes
conform the fortune test to use the same pooling solution as the db tests
cache the prepared template