MySQL Connection Limit and My Approach

[Anon]

I just found out from my host that there could only be 20 simultaneous connections to the database. Exceeding limit could result in having an error message on your webpage "Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Too many connections". Does anyone know normally how many simultaneous connections your host would allow you to have?

I wanna have advice on the way I built my pages. On the top of every page I include a file that connect to the database, even though I may not have to to any query. Is there any problem with this approach?

Thanks

[Anon]

20 seems a bit low for any database. I'd setup your own box if you're serious about it as one person could (in theory) hog all 20 connections... Oh and I'd use PostgreSQL too but that's just my opinion :-)