>While I used to agree with this, your opinion seems to contradict what others here recommend.<

It depends on whose opinion you're talking about. <g> I've already stated that I think you should not keep an open connection. If you connect to your backend via Web Services, you are not keeping the connection open in between hits to the Web Service.

~~Bonnie

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>>Kevin,
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>>Connecting to the data source should be done every time you wish to select, insert, update, or delete data. As much as possible, a connection should not be established at startup and kept active all through the life of your application.
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>>Martin