On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 08:08:45AM -0800, Mike Orr wrote:
> SQLObject has the same feature but I'm not sure if you can use it
> alone (without SQLObject's OO features).

   You can as DB connection objects are lowest-level objects in SQLObject
and do not require other objects/classes.
   Unfortunately, SQLObject does not reconnect if a connection has been
timed out. I am going to work on it... later...

Oleg.
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