Go Daddy and database connection problems

It's funny that GoDaddy.com uses a race car driver as their spokesperson, given that their service doesn't always "go". Anyway, I created a new MySQL db in my Go Daddy account and I had all kinds of connectivity errors. Sometimes my PHP script would retrieve the data I wanted from the db and other times a connection just couldn't be established. This seemed weird since my WordPress blog is using a MySQL db hosted by Go Daddy and I don't have any problems with connectivity and my blog. Customer service was, of course, a waste of time. I got the generic, stock answers about verifying my PHP connection string ... but if it connects sometimes but not all the times isn't is clear the issue isn't with my connection string? Worthless. So what I did was cheat ... Since Go Daddy does make it easy to install WordPress or various other PHP/MySQL applications, I just installed one (OpenDB) that I didn't intend to use. In other words, I made Go Daddy create the db. I then just deleted all the files on my server related to OpenDB. Then, I used phpMyAdmin to drop all the tables in the db created for OpenDB as described here [http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/empty-drop/]. After that, I imported my tables and it seems that this workaround will allow me to access a MySQL db hosted by Go Daddy without PHP connection problems. I wasted so much time on the weekend over this issue that I hope this post helps others deal with the issue if they have the same problem.