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CodeIgniter Multiple Databases Persistent Connection? - El Forum - 04-20-2011

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I'm using multiple database in my CodeIgniter application and have been reading a lot that persistent connections should be turned off.

Why is this measure recommended and is this still necessary in CodeIgniter 2.0.1?

I'm doing things like

$db2 = $this->load->database("dbname", TRUE);