title: Persistent vs non-Persistent - Which should I use?
body: <p>My site has always used persistent connections, based on my understanding of them there's no reason not to.  Why close the connection when it can be reused?  I have a site that in total accesses about 7 databases.  It's not a huge traffic site, but it's big enough.  What's your take on persistent, should I use them?</p>