Load Balance Timeout Attribute LoadBalanceTimeout (LBT) Purpose The number of seconds to keep inactive connections open in a connection pool. An inactive connection is a database session that is not associated with an ODBC connection handle, that is, a connection in the pool that is not in use by an application. Valid Values 0 | x where: x is a positive integer that specifies a number of seconds. Behavior If set to 0, inactive connections are kept open. If set to x, inactive connections are closed after the specified number of seconds passes. Notes • The Min Pool Size option may cause some connections to ignore this value. • This connection option can affect performance. Default 0 GUI Tab Pooling tab See also Performance Considerations