--- a/server/sources/extlite.py	Fri Jul 31 23:58:53 2009 +0200
+++ b/server/sources/extlite.py	Sat Aug 01 00:00:29 2009 +0200
@@ -170,10 +170,9 @@
         has a connection set
         """
         if cnx._cnx is not None:
-            cnx._cnx.close()
             # reset _cnx to ensure next thread using cnx will get a new
             # connection
-            cnx._cnx = None
+            cnx.close()
 
     def syntax_tree_search(self, session, union,
                            args=None, cachekey=None, varmap=None, debug=0):