mySQL disconnects

[stephen barncard]

On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 8:28 AM, Bob Sneidar <bobsneidar at iotecdigital.com>wrote:

> I need a way to test whether or not the current connection to the database
> is still valid without invoking the 1 minute wait. Any suggestions?
>

why do you have to keep 'connected' at all?  Why not open and close the
connection with each transaction - there is practically no overhead for
that - what usually takes time is the transmission of data…..  or am I
missing something?

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