Opening a JDBC Connection once for all tests?

[Howk, Michael]

I couldn't find a "user" list for Cactus, so I'm sending my message here.
Sorry for any inconvenience.

Is there a way to open a JDBC connection to the database once in my
ServletTestCase so all of my Tests can use it? I'd like to open it before
running any of my testXXX() tests and close it after the last one runs.
There's probably a really easy way to do this, but I've been beating my head
against the wall for a while to no avail. Any ideas?