How to enable MySQL client auto re-connect with MySQLdb? <p>I came across PHP way of doing the trick:</p> <pre><code>my_bool reconnect = 1; mysql_options(&amp;mysql, MYSQL_OPT_RECONNECT, &amp;reconnect); </code></pre> <p>but no luck with MySQLdb (python-mysql).</p> <p>Can anybody please give a clue? Thanks.</p>