>>In VB it should be simply something like:

>>Using oConn As New Connection(.....)
>>  ' Execute your SQL statement
>>End Using

>>The connection should be automatically disposed when code leaves the 'Using' scope.
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>For each hit, we do from 10 to 20 SQL commands on average. So, I cannot use this approach.

Why not? Open, Execute, Close. Do it however many times are required. I don't think you will find the overhead to be as high as you fear.
Regards,
Viv

This is why I open the connection at the BeginRequest() method and close it in EndRequest().
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>>This was using the VFPOLEDB? In that case I'm afraid, top of my head, I don't know.....
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>Ok