Oh I almost forgot to send this to everybody $rc = $dbh->ping;
it is part of DBI Should work for all three. Wechsler, Steven wrote:
I'd like to be able to check to see if a DB connection is still alive, without sending a command to the connected server. To make it more complicated, I'd like it to work with Sybase, MySQL, and, if possible, Oracle. Is there any way to do this? Steve Wechsler | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sybase/SQL Server/MySQL Database Administrator 212-846-5683 MTV Networks
