mysql_connect to another database…

In wordress, I setup a template page that has specific PHP code to connect to another database. However, when that page processes, once it hits the mysql_connect code, it stops executing the rest of the script. No errors, I used the or die command… nothing. It just stops processing any html or php once it tries to establish another connection.

Any ideas on how to work around this? I tried using mysql_close but that didn’t work either.