Hello.
MySQL usually waits some time for data from client even if connection is broken, because MySQL could no nothing about it. The time depends of the socket implementation of your OS (for example for TCP, connection can be marked as established even if the other side is down for several seconds). Also different xxx_timeout variables are influenced as well. > than 2 minutes. I was just wondering if this would leave the connection > open in MySQL. Yes, in my opinion, this could be the cause of your problem. Ben Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've found out a little more. > There is a PHP script that is run from a cron job which goes off and gets > data from a 3rd party. Generally this completes just fine but there is > another job, a cron job, that Kills this script/connection if it takes more > than 2 minutes. I was just wondering if this would leave the connection > open in MySQL. > -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.NET http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Gleb Paharenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.NET <___/ www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]