--- a/mod_mam_sql/mod_mam_sql.lua	Mon Sep 02 19:55:51 2013 +0200
+++ b/mod_mam_sql/mod_mam_sql.lua	Mon Sep 02 20:10:10 2013 +0200
@@ -49,17 +49,20 @@
 	};
 end
 
+local connect
+
 local function test_connection()
 	if not connection then return nil; end
 	if connection:ping() then
 		return true;
 	else
 		module:log("debug", "Database connection closed");
+		module:log("debug", "Attempting to reconnect");
 		connection = nil;
-		connections[dburi] = nil;
+		return connect();
 	end
 end
-local function connect()
+function connect()
 	if not test_connection() then
 		prosody.unlock_globals();
 		local dbh, err = DBI.Connect(
@@ -117,6 +120,9 @@
 	if not connection then
 		return nil, 'connection failed';
 	end
+	if not test_connection() then
+		return nil, 'connection failed';
+	end
 	-- do prepared statement stuff
 	local stmt, err = connection:prepare(sql);
 	if not stmt and not test_connection() then