function _pconnect($argHostname, $argUsername, $argPassword, $argDatabasename)
	{
		if (ADODB_PHPVER >= 0x4300)
			{
			// This next function never returns
			$this->_connectionID = mysql_pconnect($argHostname,$argUsername,$argPassword,$this->clientFlags);
			echo("This never gets called");
			}
		else
			$this->_connectionID = mysql_pconnect($argHostname,$argUsername,$argPassword);

		if ($this->_connectionID === false) return false;
		if ($this->autoRollback) $this->RollbackTrans();
		if ($argDatabasename) return $this->SelectDB($argDatabasename);

		return true;
	}

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else
$this->_connectionID mysql_pconnect($argHostname,$argUsername,$argPassword);

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What is the pconnect function called with as arguments?

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Any change if you explicitly bound the else action with curly braces (or maybe that's a typo?)?

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I know where this is headed - I'm going to have to do a PHP build from source and start tracing inside that. This is payback for using nice easy binary distributions :-(

Being hopelessly lazy, this is where I start introducing things like spelling errors to see if I can get it to puke something up -- like what happens if you change the ADODB constant spelling?)

I have a million other questions, but they are pointless and won't help you

(Edit: Oh, and obligatory /. solution: Switch to PostgreSQL)

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The data passed in to the function looks good, and I can connect to MySQL manually without a problem.

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Is there something wierd with MySQL and PHP4 on Debian that I should know about?

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Turns out exactly the same thing happens with postgresql