mysql_connect Database Errors

[Zachery]

Originally Posted by Boofo

That number is kind of mis-leading though, as most connections will run in a faction of a second and close. If you have some poorly structured queries, that can cause problems with connections not closing fast enough. But, 25 is kind of low, I agree. Hostgator is set up that way unless you go the VPS setup or higher.

It really depends on a large number of things, if those 25 users are poking, clicking around, possibly using one of those fancy ajax chat boxes, 25 connections can get gobbled up a whole ton faster. Downloading large attachments from the database can also cause issues.