// Post: A connection is opened if the current connection is not valid
	private static boolean open() throws SQLException {
		// If connection is still valid, return without doing anything
		try {
			if (connection != null && connection.isValid(1)) {
				return true;
			}
		}
		catch (SQLException e1) {
			close();
		}

		// Start connecting
		String driver	= "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver";
		String url		= "jdbc:mysql://mysql.starredout.com/" + database;
		String user		= "starredout";
		String password	= "starredout";
		try {
			Class.forName(driver).newInstance();
		}
		catch (Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
			return false;
		}
		connection	= DriverManager.getConnection(url,user,password);
		return true;
	}

	// Post: If a connection was open, it is closed
	private static void close() {
		try {
			if (connection == null || connection.isClosed())
				return;
			connection.close();
		}
		catch (Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
			System.out.println(e.toString());
		}
	}