Persist Db Connection Why ??

Hi all, Permit to recive your valuable knowledege :) I would like to know that what good does Persist connection to a database do i.e, 1. Will it increse the performance (My DB and Apache are on same Machine) 2. Can a pErsist connection be Broken after the job has been done as we have 32 limited healthy conection to PostgreSQL 3. My code uses the normal connection parameters i I am convinced ft\rom your replies would it be possible for me to port the same code in persist connection 4. how would I use a Persist connection later in the script once it has been made. Thanks in Advance. Regards, V Kashyap ======= My Sys Looks as ========== Red Hat 7.2 Kernel 2.4.7-10 PHP 4.3.0 GCC 3.0.2 Postgresql 7.3.2 Intel arch i686 ================================ ================================ Some people think it's holding on that makes one strong; sometimes it's letting go. ================================