in the connection file try changing this line:
$njMySQL = mysql_pconnect($hostname_njMySQL, $username_njMySQL, $password_njMySQL) or trigger_error(mysql_error(),E_USER_ERROR);
to use mysql_connect instead of mysql_pconnect:
$njMySQL = mysql_connect($hostname_njMySQL, $username_njMySQL, $password_njMySQL) or trigger_error(mysql_error(),E_USER_ERROR);