Is this on a live site, or one with just this test script running? You may be running into the max_connections of mysql. You're not connecting for _every_ query on the page, are you? You should have just one connect at the beginning, do all of your queries, then close at the end of the script. ---John Holmes... > -----Original Message----- > From: Noah Smith [mailto:nsmith@thirdform.com] > Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 2:55 PM > To: php-db@lists.php.net > Subject: Noob error question > > This may be a rather noob question, but: > > I make several requests against a mysql db roughly of the form: > mysql_connect > mysql_select_db > mysql_query > mysql_close > > This will work for several connections (and sometimes all connections > over the course of the script) > > On occassion, the script will be unable to connect at all, and sometimes > it is not able to connect randomly within the script: > > Thanks, > > Noah > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php