DB Error in phpbb2

[pi0tr3k]

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Anyone know the reason? I mean, it happens sometimes, not the whole time. And I can't find the reason why it happens?
Anyone had this problem before?

Cheers

pi0tr3k Reviewed by pi0tr3k on 10th Sep 2010. DB Error in phpbb2 Anyone know the reason? I mean, it happens sometimes, not the whole time. And I can't find the reason why it happens? Anyone had this problem before? Cheers Rating: 5

[Lifetalk]

If this happens randomly then your database is most likely hitting the maximum no. of connections and denies any further connections. Edit your my.cnf and optimize it.

[litewarez]

wrong lifetalk, the database wound throw a too many connections error, but graet point with the my.conf file

is the database on the same server or is it on a sub server ?

[pi0tr3k]

Same server lite.

[Lifetalk]

wrong lifetalk, the database wound throw a too many connections error, but graet point with the my.conf file

is the database on the same server or is it on a sub server ?

That's where your assumption is running wrong. That error you see is a customized error. It's generic. It does not change based on what error mysql throws. When you have a generic error, the most likely culprit is a connections limit issue. Couple that with pi0 having left the my.cnf at it's default that's a mere 100 connections (mysql's default).

Add to it his site - which is a popular one. It would not be difficult to hit that limit time and again.

[NewEraCracker]

I agree with lifetalk, also error seems to be random as it goes away with a refresh.