Mod_python error: "PythonHandler mod_python.publisher"

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/mod_python/apache.py", line 299, in HandlerDispatch
    result = object(req)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/mod_python/publisher.py", line 98, in handler
    path=[path])

  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/mod_python/apache.py", line 457, in import_module
    module = imp.load_module(mname, f, p, d)

  File "/home/clipart/public_html/clipart_indexer4/index.py", line 7, in ?
    exec "import %s.program as program" % main_files

  File "", line 1, in ?

  File "/home/common/common/clipart_indexer4/program.py", line 9, in ?
    import settings

  File "/home/common/common/clipart_indexer4/settings.py", line 133, in ?
    init()

  File "/home/common/common/clipart_indexer4/settings.py", line 20, in init
    open_database()

  File "/home/common/common/clipart_indexer4/settings.py", line 25, in open_database
    Settings.db = Database_Object('clipart', 'clipart', 'clipart')

  File "/home/common/common/DatabaseObject.py", line 13, in __init__
    self.db = MySQLdb.connect(passwd=passwd, user=user, db=db)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/MySQLdb/__init__.py", line 66, in Connect
    return Connection(*args, **kwargs)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/MySQLdb/connections.py", line 134, in __init__
    super(Connection, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs2)

OperationalError: (1040, 'Too many connections')