Hi Steven,

As Nancy said license agreements is a factor. So is performance e.g client side and server load.

So, 'best practice' often requires you to add all these factors in.

Not much help.... I know. But describe your case a bit more and I am sure others -- far more able than I -- will help evaluate.

Cris


>Is it a better practice to establish a remote connection why an app starts and leave the connection static until the app ends?
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>Or
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>Make connections on the fly and do the various SPT statements need their own connection handle?