diff -ru src1/com/arjuna/ats/internal/jdbc/ConnectionManager.java src2/com/arjuna/ats/internal/jdbc/ConnectionManager.java
--- src1/com/arjuna/ats/internal/jdbc/ConnectionManager.java	2006-11-03 11:46:48.000000000 +0100
+++ src2/com/arjuna/ats/internal/jdbc/ConnectionManager.java	2009-04-16 09:32:54.000000000 +0200
@@ -62,54 +62,60 @@
 	String user = info.getProperty(TransactionalDriver.userName);
 	String passwd = info.getProperty(TransactionalDriver.password);
 	String dynamic = info.getProperty(TransactionalDriver.dynamicClass);
+	boolean poolConnections = !"false".equalsIgnoreCase(info.getProperty(TransactionalDriver.poolConnectionsWithinTransaction));
+
 	Enumeration e = _connections.elements();
 	ConnectionImple conn = null;
 
-	if (dynamic == null)
-	    dynamic = "";
-
-	while (e.hasMoreElements())
+	if(poolConnections)
 	{
-	    conn = (ConnectionImple) e.nextElement();
-
-	    ConnectionControl connControl = conn.connectionControl();
-	    TransactionManager tm = com.arjuna.ats.jta.TransactionManager.transactionManager();
-	    Transaction tx1, tx2 = null;
-
-	    tx1 = connControl.transaction();
-	    try
-	    {
-	    	tx2 = tm.getTransaction();
-	    }
-	    catch (javax.transaction.SystemException se)
-	    {
-		/* Ignore: tx2 is null already */
-	    }
-
-	    /* Check transaction and database connection. */
-	    if ((tx1 != null && tx1.equals(tx2))
-	      && connControl.url().equals(dbUrl)
-	      && connControl.user().equals(user)
-	      && connControl.password().equals(passwd)
-	      && connControl.dynamicClass().equals(dynamic))
-	    {
-		try
-		{
-		    /*
-		     * Should not overload the meaning of closed. Change!
-		     */
-
-		    if (!conn.isClosed())
-		    {
-			return conn;
-		    }
-		}
-		catch (Exception ex)
-		{
-		    ex.printStackTrace();
-		    throw new SQLException(ex.getMessage());
-		}
-	    }
+  
+  	if (dynamic == null)
+  	    dynamic = "";
+  
+  	while (e.hasMoreElements())
+  	{
+  	    conn = (ConnectionImple) e.nextElement();
+  
+  	    ConnectionControl connControl = conn.connectionControl();
+  	    TransactionManager tm = com.arjuna.ats.jta.TransactionManager.transactionManager();
+  	    Transaction tx1, tx2 = null;
+  
+  	    tx1 = connControl.transaction();
+  	    try
+  	    {
+  	    	tx2 = tm.getTransaction();
+  	    }
+  	    catch (javax.transaction.SystemException se)
+  	    {
+  		/* Ignore: tx2 is null already */
+  	    }
+  
+  	    /* Check transaction and database connection. */
+  	    if ((tx1 != null && tx1.equals(tx2))
+  	      && connControl.url().equals(dbUrl)
+  	      && connControl.user().equals(user)
+  	      && connControl.password().equals(passwd)
+  	      && connControl.dynamicClass().equals(dynamic))
+  	    {
+  		try
+  		{
+  		    /*
+  		     * Should not overload the meaning of closed. Change!
+  		     */
+  
+  		    if (!conn.isClosed())
+  		    {
+  			return conn;
+  		    }
+  		}
+  		catch (Exception ex)
+  		{
+  		    ex.printStackTrace();
+  		    throw new SQLException(ex.getMessage());
+  		}
+  	    }
+  	}
 	}
 
 	conn = null;
diff -ru src1/com/arjuna/ats/jdbc/TransactionalDriver.java src2/com/arjuna/ats/jdbc/TransactionalDriver.java
--- src1/com/arjuna/ats/jdbc/TransactionalDriver.java	2006-11-03 11:46:48.000000000 +0100
+++ src2/com/arjuna/ats/jdbc/TransactionalDriver.java	2009-04-16 09:25:38.000000000 +0200
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 public static final String userName = "user";
 public static final String password = "password";
 public static final String dynamicClass = "DYNAMIC_CLASS";
+public static final String poolConnectionsWithinTransaction = "POOL_CONNECTIONS_WITHIN_TRANSACTION";
 public static final String createDb = "CREATE_DB";
 
     public TransactionalDriver ()