> Thanks Jochem for your reply.
>
> The solution you described is the only one I found acceptable.
>
> 1] there is no way to destroy link to database created by ibase_pconnect()
> 2] there is no way to restart apache or firebird (from my position)
>
> I already have a switch which switches between functions connect() or
> pconnect() in my webapplication. And I already know that persistent link
> to database dies in about 20 minutes on one server where the applicaion
> runs.
>
> As you may expect, when somebody needs something, he needs it
> immediately, not after 20 minutes or one hour ;-)
>
> I just wanted to know, if somebody has solved this problem different
> way. Or faster ;-)
>
> Thank you
> Michal

I never use pconnect - that's faster.
Alan