diff -Naur mythweb2-orig/config/conf.php mythweb2/config/conf.php
--- mythweb2-orig/config/conf.php	2003-08-07 22:19:31.000000000 -0500
+++ mythweb2/config/conf.php	2003-08-07 22:15:03.000000000 -0500
@@ -28,4 +28,7 @@
 	define('db_dbname',   'mythconverg');
 
+// Whether to use persistent connections to MySQL
+	define('db_persistent', false);
+
 // The domain of this webserver, for cookie validation and other things
 	define('server_domain', $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] ? $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] : $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']);
diff -Naur mythweb2-orig/includes/init.php mythweb2/includes/init.php
--- mythweb2-orig/includes/init.php	2003-08-07 22:19:31.000000000 -0500
+++ mythweb2/includes/init.php	2003-08-07 22:16:31.000000000 -0500
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@
 // Connect to the database, or restore a persistent connection
 //  please note that calling mysql_close is unnecessary - see php documentation for details
+if (db_persistent) {
     $dbh = mysql_pconnect(db_host, db_username, db_password)
         or trigger_error("Can't connect to the database server.  Did you use the correct settings in config/conf.php?", FATAL);
+} else {
+    $dbh = mysql_connect(db_host, db_username, db_password)
+        or trigger_error("Can't connect to the database server.  Did you use the correct settings in config/conf.php?", FATAL);
+}
+
     mysql_select_db(db_dbname)
 		or trigger_error("Can't access the database file:  " . mysql_error() . " [#" . mysql_errno() . "]", FATAL);