Here is how I do it ... [REF PHP PAGE] <?php $conn=include("conn.php"); ?> ..... HTMl CODE HERE ..... <?php $qry="SELECT lower(instance) instance FROM all_databases ORDER BY instance"; $cursor=ora_open($conn); ora_parse($cursor,$qry,0); ora_exec($cursor); while(ora_fetch($cursor)){ $instance=ora_getcolumn($cursor,0); echo "<option value = \"index.php?tns=".$instance."\">".$instance."\n"; } ?> ..... HTMl CODE HERE ..... [conn.php] <?php if ($conn=ora_logon($username."@".$tns_alias,$password)) { $qry="select to_char(sysdate, 'Month DD, YYYY HH:MI AM') \"SYSDATE\" from dual"; $cursor=ora_open($conn); ora_parse($cursor,$qry,0); ora_exec($cursor); while(ora_fetch($cursor)){ $sysdate=ora_getcolumn($cursor,0); } ora_close($cursor); return $conn; } else { echo "Unable to connect to " .$_GET["tns"]; return -1; }; ?> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hope that helps ... Roy A. Jones US Pharma Database Administration GlaxoSmithKline Inc. US Pharma IT, Shared Services External: (919) 483-0266 Internal: 703-0266 Fax: (919) 315-6842 Office: RC2 - 2005 Email: roy.a.jones@gsk.com USPHARMA Database Site "Muhammed Mamedov" <mm@ytm.com.tr> 10-Sep-2003 18:31 To php-db@lists.php.net cc Subject Re: PHP Oracle connection across page. eventhough I've never used Oracle with PHP here is my suggestion: create a file that will have your DB connection strings and include it in every PHP file which uses Oracle connection. EXAMPLE: ------------------------ [dbCon.php] file $o_connection=@OCIlogon($o_conn_vars["username"], $o_conn_vars["password"], $o_conn_vars["db"]); [myPhpFile.php] include_once("dbCon.php"); //Write youe queries now. -- Muhammed Mamedov Software Engineer YTM.com.tr "Syho" <syho@hkuspace.hku.hk> wrote in message 20030906030032.2355.qmail@pb1.pair.com">news:20030906030032.2355.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > I have the following problem, please help me. Many thanks. > > Script 1: > <?php > > $o_connection=@OCIlogon($o_conn_vars["username"], $o_conn_vars["password"], > $o_conn_vars["db"]); > > //Parse sql statement > //Execute sql statement. > .. > ... > > require('2.inc'); > > ?> > ____________________________________________________________________________ > ___________ > > 2.inc: > > // This script will switch the brower to script2.php > > <html> > > <form name="s_form" action="script2.php" method ="POST"> > > > </html> > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > ____________ > > script2.php: > > > <?php > > My problem is, how to get back the Oracle database connection in this > script? Please advise. > > ?> -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php