Can I set ResultSets, Statements and Connections to null instead of closing them?

No. Setting references to null does not have the same result as calling close on the objects. Code that does this will be leaking resources on the database server with possibly dire consequences.

Further code like this will often have major problems in using connection pools. Q. More.

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