Not possible, for many reasons. Not the least of which is that db servers, like any server, only have a limited number of connections. Can you imagine the havoc that multiple, session-wide, open connections would do to a db server - even under light load?
Oh ya, plus it's absolutely impossible to persist any type of resource from one request to the next. Cheers, Pete. -- Peter James [EMAIL PROTECTED] php|architect The Magazine for PHP Professionals http://www.phparch.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackson Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 1:39 PM Subject: [PHP] DB resource as Session var > I think I know the answer to this, but I have no technical reason to back it > up. > > Is it possible to store a db connection resource id as a $_SESSION variable? > It would be nice to have one connection per user/session that carries over > multiple page views. > > I am guessing this is impossible, but if so I would like to know why. > > Thanks, > -Jackson > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
