[!--quoteo(post=375497:date=May 20 2006, 09:01 AM:name=toplay)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(toplay @ May 20 2006, 09:01 AM) [snapback]375497[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] I don't believe you can and you wouldn't really want to. Even with mysql_pconnect() use, you still have to make the function call so it gets a chance to find an existing link available (if any): [a href=\"http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-pconnect.php\" target=\"_blank\"]http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-pconnect.php[/a] Good luck. [/quote] Thank you toplay, guess i'll have to do it the hard way