RE: [PHP-WIN] MySql pconnect

> > For connect vs. pconnect, the instances where you should use pconnect are > really rare. > > When in doubt, use connect. If you know of a specifically good > reason to use > it, then feel free. > > But I personally have never had a situation where pconnect worked better > than connect. pconnect is better to use IMHO on any site with a decent amount of hits as youll get better performance due to the lack of the overhead of making a new connection every time a page is called. I would totally disagree with you here plutarck pconnect is there to make things quicker which it does by keeping the connection open between page requests. > And as for extended server status, I haven't a clue about it :) Never looked into it really.. probably not worth it.. try asking on the php-db list. -James -- James Moore jmoore@php.net http://www.perl.com/search/index.php - we must be doing somthing right