Lost connection

[mysql]

I have a problem with my mysql connection. I get this error message:

"ADODB.Recordset.1 error '80004005'
SQLState: S1000
Native Error Code: 2013 [TCX][MyODBC]
Lost connection to MySQL server during query"

This is how I open the connection on each page :

connect_string = "Driver={Mysql}; Server=mysql2.xxxxx.xx; Database=dbname; UID=username; PWD=password"
set Conn = server.createObject("ADODB.connection")
Conn.open connect_string

And this is how I close the connection:

Conn.Close
Set Conn = Nothing


The problem seems to occur when the page has been open and inactive for a while and I try to either refresh it or move to another page. Does anyone know how to avoid this error??

[nickc]

Is there some kind of timeout value that can be extended?

Nick