Open a persistent connection to an Ingres II database ingres_num_rows ingres_query Ingres II Functions PHP Manual ingres_pconnect (PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5 <= 5.0.5, PECL ingres:1.0-1.4.3)ingres_pconnect — Open a persistent connection to an Ingres II database Description resource ingres_pconnect ([ string $database [, string $username [, string $password ]]] ) Open a persistent connection to an Ingres II database. There are only 2 differences between this function and ingres_connect() : First, when connecting, the function will first try to find a (persistent) link that's already opened with the same parameters. If one is found, an identifier for it will be returned instead of opening a new connection. Second, the connection to the Ingres server will not be closed when the execution of the script ends. Instead, the link will remain open for future use (ingres_close() will not close links established by ingres_pconnect()). This type of link is therefore called 'persistent'. Parameters database The database name. Must follows the syntax [node_id::]dbname[/svr_class]. username The Ingres user name. password The password associated with username . Return Values Returns a Ingres II link resource on success, or FALSE on failure. See Also ingres_connect() ingres_close() ingres_num_rows ingres_query Ingres II Functions PHP Manual