Database Connection

[baappi]

Hi All,

I am a newbie to .NET . Currently I am involved in a project in VB.NET that does some DB stuffs . My requirement is to keep alive the DB connection open through out the lifetime of the application . Could anyone suggest me an idea to implement it, which one is better (Timer vs. Thread that continuously checks the DB connection and try to reopen it id DB is unavailable) or any other implementation ???

Thanks,
Baappi