Hi! Include_once can't include one file several times. I think if you use include_once PHP see if that file already were included, and don't include it one more time... Maybe difference is time to check this... I don't trust this fact: KR> Now will that speed things up compared to just using a plain "include". I call $connectionSDWIS(which is in the include) 5 different times? -- Best regards, Mikhail U. Petrov mailto:mikhail@xxxxxxxx Tuesday, April 13, 2004, 7:52:10 PM, Karen wrote: KR> Curious about "include_once" versus "include". KR> All my connection stuff is in "conn.php3". KR> I am planning on including it at the top of the page like this: KR> include_once "conn.php3"; KR> Now will that speed things up compared to just using a plain "include". I call $connectionSDWIS(which is in the include) 5 different times? KR> $data = odbc_do($connectionSDWIS,"EXEC sp_SanitarySurveyLatest '$pwsno'"); KR> $data = odbc_do($connectionSDWIS, "Select Distinct CASE ActivityStatus WHEN 'A' THEN 'ACTIVE' WHEN 'I' THEN 'INACTIVE' END + ' ' + CASE Convert(varchar,ActDate,107) WHEN 'May 05, 1955' THEN '' KR> ELSE Convert(varchar,ActDate,107) END As 'ActivityStatus' FROM Inventory Where PWSID='$pwsno'"); KR> $data2 = odbc_do($connectionSDWIS,"Exec sp_EntryPointsWithSourcesAndPWS '$pwsno'"); KR> $data=odbc_do($connectionSDWIS,"SELECT StateID, WSFName, TreatmentProcess, TreatmentObjective FROM Treatments WHERE PWS= '$pwsno' ORDER BY StateID"); KR> $data = odbc_do($connectionSDWIS, "SELECT CalendarYear, convert(varchar(12),ReceivedDate, 107), convert(varchar(12),CertifiedDate, 107) FROM CCRS WHERE PWS='$pwsno' ORDER BY CalendarYear Desc"); KR> --------------------------------- KR> Do you Yahoo!? KR> Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway - Enter today -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php