What is going on? I keep getting Database Error when attempting to refresh.
Be are server on its last legs?
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What is going on? I keep getting Database Error when attempting to refresh.
Be are server on its last legs?
Its probably too many connections and MySQL can't handle it. Perhaps some of the older threads need archiving, or if the server can handle it, up the connection limit.
Grrrr, it happens again today!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by cprogramming.com
Again down today for a while. I realize this is a free service to us, but I would really try and work on this recurring issue.
EDIT: Make that "was down twice" for a while.
I would say it was not particularly busy when this happened, but that is just a guess. The server logs would solve that (the traffic level) if the exact nature of the error is not logged by mySQL or whatever the db is.
Also, apache or vBulletin should limit the number of requests so I am not sure if it will be that. Couple o' more guesses:
- there is a nasty string somewhere in the db
- some kind of cron-ish process hogging resources periodically
There are a couple of the automated scripts that can cause problems. Different scripts have different conditions for when they can cause a problem, so it would have to be nailed down to a specific script, but theres really nothing to be done other than hope the next patch fixes it.