> I don't think so. Basically, PHP is supposed to reset the connection if
> it's persistant, and if it isn't persistant, then it's always a new
> connection, which means a cursor shouldn't survive.
>
> But I'm NOT familiar with "WITH HOLD" right now, so someone else who knows
> that better may have a more definitive answer.
Yup.. This is where you setup a little Java to deal with persistent
database elements like this and hook into it via PHP. It's a little
nasty at the moment (though functional) but is supposedly greatly
improved in PHP 5.
http://ca2.php.net/manual/en/ref.java.php