Activation group states

An activation group is always in the connected or unconnected state and has a set of zero or more connections. Each connection of an activation group is uniquely identified by the name of the application server of the connection.

An SQL connection is always in one of the following states:

Current and held
Current and released
Dormant and held
Dormant and released

Initial state of an activation group
An activation group is initially in the connected state and has exactly one connection. The initial state of a connection is current and held.

Parent topic: Distributed unit of work