Thanks Cetin

>>Hi
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>>This is a basic question about accessing data .
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>>I'm accessing some Foxpro data in .net using oledb connections.
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>>I've set up a connection to use with a datareader and another connection to pass some updates back.
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>>My question is . Is there much overhead on connections or is it ok to create them as I need them.
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>>Nick
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>Connections are pooled as long as they have the same connection string. In your case it sounds you'd only have an initial overhead for 2 connections.
>Cetin