Re: persistent mysql connection on a LAMP-System

> "A pconnect has a running time of 8 hours. There is no such time limit. > A close function will be ignored. True > Apache has a threading concept, which doesn't cancel the thread. You can > configure it but the thread will live till the last connection is closed. > ( 8 hours after a pconnect ). Huh? If we are talking about Apache on any UNIX platform then there are no threads. > Every new URL rquest will lead to a new thread with a new database connection > with a live evalution of 8 hours. To say it simple: "if 10 user clicks on 5 > sites with php scripts -> 50 pconnects will stay active." Not unless there is a bug somewhere. The whole point of pconnects is that they are re-used. Assuming each pconnect uses the same auth credentials then the most concurrent connections you will ever have would be equal to your MAX_CLIENTS setting in your Apache httpd.conf -Rasmus