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<h1 class="refname">ingres_pconnect</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5 <= 5.0.5, PECL ingres >= 1.0.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">ingres_pconnect</span> — <span class="dc-title">Open a persistent connection to an Ingres database</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">resource</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>ingres_pconnect</strong></span>
([ <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$database</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$username</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$password</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">array</span> <code class="parameter">$options</code></span>
]]]] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Open a persistent connection to an Ingres database.
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<p class="para">
There are only two differences between this function and
<span class="function"><a href="function.ingres-connect.html" class="function">ingres_connect()</a></span>: First, when connecting, the
function will initially try to find a (persistent) link that is
already opened with the same parameters. If one is found, an
identifier for it will be returned instead of opening a new
connection. Second, the connection to the Ingres server will not
be closed when the execution of the script ends. Instead, the
link will remain open for future use
( <span class="function"><a href="function.ingres-close.html" class="function">ingres_close()</a></span> will not close links
established by <span class="function"><strong>ingres_pconnect()</strong></span>). This type
of link is therefore called "persistent".
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.ingres-pconnect-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">database</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The database name. Must follow the syntax:
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<p class="para">
<var class="varname"><var class="varname">[vnode::]dbname[/svr_class]</var></var>
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</dd>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">username</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The Ingres user name
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</dd>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">password</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The password associated with <em><code class="parameter">username</code></em>
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</dd>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">options</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
See <span class="function"><a href="function.ingres-connect.html" class="function">ingres_connect()</a></span> for the list of options that
can be passed
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</dd>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.ingres-pconnect-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns an Ingres link resource on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.ingres-pconnect-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.ingres-connect.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ingres_connect()</a> - Open a connection to an Ingres database</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.ingres-close.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ingres_close()</a> - Close an Ingres database connection</span></li>
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