GIJOE:
Thanks for the suggestions. I do have indexing on database tables. I tried pconnect and it seemed to be working fine but the connection then slowed down (pause over 2-3 seconds) after a short time period with Protector enabled. The site would run full speed after disabling Protector.

FYI, my host does have database connection limitations (15 concurrent connections). The site is not very busy. I did not have any major problems previously with Protector. I started to have slowdown problems after upgrading to Protector 2.40 and beyond.

For now, I will have to run without Protector.

Thank you for your help.

tl