Hello, While learning PHP I came across the following warning in the php manual and remembered one frequent error message in wikipedia (maximum number of database connections exceeded...): There are a couple of additional caveats to keep in mind when using persistent connections. One is that when using table locking on a persistent connection, if the script for whatever reason cannot release the lock, then subsequent scripts using the same connection will block indefinitely and may require that you either restart the httpd server or the database server. Another is that when using transactions, a transaction block will also carry over to the next script which uses that connection if script execution ends before the transaction block does. In either case, you can use register_shutdown_function() to register a simple cleanup function to unlock your tables or roll back your transactions. Better yet, avoid the problem entirely by not using persistent connections in scripts which use table locks or transactions (you can still use them elsewhere). Do we actually use persistent connections and is this problem affecting wikipedia? greetings, elian -- Sex is hereditary. If your parents never had it, chances are you won't either.