Controls when a DB2 access service allocates and deallocates conversations with the target database system.
Allocate=[connect | request]
connect
connect indicates that a DB2 access service allocates the conversation when the client connects and holds it open for the duration of the client connection.
request indicates that a DB2 access service allocates a new conversation each time the client application sends a request and deallocates the conversation after each request.
See Chapter 5, “Understanding the Request Process,” for more information on request processing.
