Well.. your covered just the index.php page, as well as deaths; which would be pointless if someone was browsing a forum/thread/post.
Not only that.. its issuing a second connection attempt, effectively doubling your total mysql connections...

The small lil mod I posted however, deals with it at the connection source inside of db_mysql. Thus every page, regardless if a connection cannot be established you are re-directed to the target location.

Modify your main post btw with the snippet I posted for peoples future reference.

I understand where yours and mine covered in terms of forum location, I was just asking inso far as the diffrent types of sql failures, would yours cover them all. You seemed to answer that question in your post. Thanks. I'll update this post. I have a new idea now for this little script of mine, If it turns into something useful I'll post it. Thanks again.

Thanks Trigunflame

/me udpates

Anyone every seen a variation of this that send a text message or email to you if the db is not connectable?

well I still get email messages telling me of the database error halgrunwell... I dont know if that relates to what you are talking about..

nice addon.. thanks

This looks good but how will members know theres a problem if they auto get forwarded to a new site?

you can forward them to a page instead, saying the site will be back in a bit or something like that,

Just make up a page for your site similar to this (I have a sister site (different host) that I redirect to in-case my forums' site goes down - either the sql database or the entire server):
Server Down Message

I like mine :-)

http://www.demopolislive.com/sqldown.html