DBCP - validationQuery for different Databases

Question: What value should be in validationQuery?

There is not only one validationQuery for all databases. On each database you have to use different validationQuery.

After few hours of googling and testing I have collected this table:

Database validationQuery notes

• hsqldb - select 1 from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SYSTEM_USERS
• Oracle - select 1 from dual
• DB2 - select 1 from sysibm.sysdummy1
• mysql - select 1
• microsoft SQL Server - select 1 (tested on SQL-Server 9.0, 10.5 [2008])
• postgresql - select 1
• ingres - select 1
• derby - values 1
• H2 - select 1
• Firebird - select 1 from rdb$database

I wrote about it on my blog - validation query for various databases.