Oracle statement handles... or resources in general

Hi NG! Consider the following piece of (simplified) code: $sql = "SELECT * FROM table"; $sth = ociparse ($conn, $sql); ociexecute ($sth); $sql = "SELECT * FROM table2"; $sth = ociparse ($conn, $sql); ociexecute ($sth); I have just been reading an article on php|arch that states that each open statement handle in Oracle represents a cursor, and given that I am using persistent connections will hold resources until the Apache child thread terminates. Now, my question is whether, by using the same variable for the statement handle, the previous resources are deallocated, or whether I am just piling up loads of cursors on the database? Mikey --- Developer - Radius Design Ltd.