title: Sharing database connection with threads, instead of creating new ones
body: <p>I wanted to check into this before I attempt it. I am working on a couple threads which require fetching data from the database within the threads. Currently, based on all I've seen, I am creating a new database connection (TADOConnection) from within the threads. All works fine, except it would be great if I could obtain the connection object from somewhere outside the thread. Basically, I don't want to keep creating a new TADOConnection for each thread execution.</p>
  
  <p>Is it possible to publish a TADOConnection property on the outside of the thread (thus assigning it when I create the thread) and then use that connection within the thread? All I would need to do then is create the TADODataSet inside the thread and assign its connection to this TADOConnection. I'm a little iffy about this, especially because I'm required to call CoInitialize and CoUninitialize when working with ADO in a thread. </p>