Please note that on PHP5 this function dont work correct. You have to call it at last two times to make it work.
example:
<?PHP
$query = mssql_query('SELECT * FROM T1'); // query error, T1 object invand
$query = mssql_fetch_row($query);
print_r($query);
mssql_select_db('DB1', $conn); //db dont exists error
$conn=@mssql_connect('localhost','usr','psw'); //conn success
mssql_select_db('DB1', $conn); //no errors
$query = mssql_query('SELECT * FROM T1'); // no problem, query success
$query = mssql_fetch_row($query);
print_r($query); // success
echo '<hr>';
mssql_close() or die('failed closing mssql'); // no error!
mssql_select_db('DB2', $conn); //no errors!
$query = mssql_query('SELECT * FROM T2'); // no problem, query success
$query = mssql_fetch_row($query);
print_r($query); // success
mssql_close() or die('failed closing mssql'); // no error, mssql closed
mssql_select_db('DB2', $conn); //failed, db dont exists
$query = mssql_query('SELECT * FROM T2'); // query error, T2 object invand
$query = mssql_fetch_row($query);
print_r($query); // failed
?>
so, in fact you have to call mssql_close() two times to shutdown connection..