I am opening 4 different databases and was hoping when I do a mysql_query I could just grab the connection id rather than reconnecting everytime I want to query a new database.
-----Original Message----- From: Paul DuBois [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 9:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: unique identifier using mysql_connect At 12:43 -0700 7/30/03, Grant Cooper wrote: >Can I get a unique identifier using the mysql_connect command by connecting >to the same host, same user but different database during the life time of >one script? > >I currently do a >$conn_id = mysql_connect ($host_name, $user_name, $password); > >Then call a, >mysql_select_db ($db_name,$conn_id) > >But I always get the same identifier. Why is this a problem? This is fairly typical behavior for PHP (which is what it looks like you're using). -- Paul DuBois, Senior Technical Writer Madison, Wisconsin, USA MySQL AB, www.mysql.com Are you MySQL certified? http://www.mysql.com/certification/ -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
