I don't beleive that it does. You can however call ping() on the connection which should attempt an automatic reconnection.
See the docs for mysql_ping: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/mysql-ping.html I've never tested that, but I have a need for it also so let me know if it works or not. -Dan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list