On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 11:19:54AM +0100, Takacs Istvan wrote: > Hi, > > We use mysql 1.23.47 as a database for our PHP based accounting > system. We use mysql_pconnect() to get a connection to the DB. > This morning we couldn't log in because mysql sent back a 'too many > open connection!' (or someting like that) error message. If I use > the command SHOW PROCESSLIST than I can see many 'Sleep' processes. > If I try to kill some processes by KILL <processnumber> than newer > processes appear in the list.
Sounds like you need to decrease the amount of time that idle connections stay around in the server before they are disconnected. > Is there any way to kill all of the hanging processes? Best not to get them in the first place! > And why are so many processes if we use mysql_pconnect() which uses > the same connection what the PHP user opened before? mysql_pconnect() tells PHP *not* to close the connection when a page completes. That means there will be more open connections to the database server. If you have a sufficient number of Apache (or whatever) children, you can easily over-run MySQL. Jeremy -- Jeremy D. Zawodny, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Technical Yahoo - Yahoo Finance Desk: (408) 349-7878 Fax: (408) 349-5454 Cell: (408) 685-5936 MySQL 3.23.47-max: up 25 days, processed 840,969,833 queries (386/sec. avg) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php