mysqld connections still open when java thread interrupted

can't seem to find anything on my problem. hope list can help:

thread class creates connection to mysql - all is well
if sql takes too long, calling thread interrupts thread, and close
resources:
rs.close(), stmt.close(), conn.close()
however mysqld server connections are not closed
after a while, max number of connections is reached. bad.

how do i force the connection on mysqld to close after thread interrupt?

btw, normal close of connection (without thread interrupt) works fine.

solaris 2.8
mysql v4.0
jdbc v3.14

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