>Web Service, IMHO, shouldn't deal with business nor data objects.

please clarify - we are simply trying to use the internet and web services to provide remote access to our database. I need to send SQL queries, udpates, etc through - I would like to keep them in transactions

>As they load everytime, they should only be used as a wrapper. However, once in it, you could call something that is
> already in memory. There, you could set your environment only once and you'll have your connection in there.

Do you have examples or can point me to something?

Thanks,