When you create a connection it is available to the end of the script run. You can run as many queries as you wish in the script and all will use the same connection.
If you wish for multiple accesses to use the same connection, I think you will have to use persistent connections. olinux --- Kumar Lakshminarayanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can use persistent connections from php to mysql > server > using mysql_pconnect(host,user,passwd) then go on to > use the returned link. > this will open a new connection only if one is not > available. > kumar > > "Support @ Fourthrealm.com" wrote: > > > Another question about efficiency / using server > resources: > > > > In another language I use, I can re-use an ODBC > connection to make further > > queries/update/etc to the database to save the > overhead of closing and > > reopening the connection to the db over and over. > > > > It works sometime like this (in the other > language): > > <iSQL DBNAME='xxx' LOGIN='xxx' SQL='some query'> > # opens the connection > > ... display results... > > <iSQLMORE SQL='some other query'> # reuses the > connection > > ....display other results.... > > </iSQL> # closes the connection > > > > Is there an equivalent in PHP to this, using the > mySQL set of tags? > > > > Peter > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > Fourth Realm Solutions > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.fourthrealm.com > > Tel: 519-739-1652 > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: > http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
