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<refentry id="function.sybase-pconnect">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>sybase_pconnect</refname>
  <refpurpose>Open persistent Sybase connection</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1>
  <title>Description</title>
   <methodsynopsis>
    <type>resource</type><methodname>sybase_pconnect</methodname>
    <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>servername</parameter></methodparam>
    <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>username</parameter></methodparam>
    <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>password</parameter></methodparam>
    <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>charset</parameter></methodparam>
    <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>appname</parameter></methodparam>
   </methodsynopsis>
  <para> 
   Returns a positive Sybase persistent link identifier on success,
   or &false; on error.
  </para>
  <para>
   <function>sybase_pconnect</function> acts very much like
   <function>sybase_connect</function> with two major differences.
  </para>
  <para> 
   First, when connecting, the function would first try to find a
   (persistent) link that's already open with the same host,
   username and password.  If one is found, an identifier for it
   will be returned instead of opening a new connection.
  </para>
  <para> 
   Second, the connection to the SQL server will not be closed when
   the execution of the script ends.  Instead, the link will remain
   open for future use (<function>sybase_close</function> will not
   close links established by <function>sybase_pconnect</function>).
  </para>
  <para> 
   This type of links is therefore called 'persistent'.
  </para>
  <para>
   See also <function>sybase_connect</function>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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