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trenzterra
November 20th, 2002, 10:43
Just now I got this error:


Warning: Too many connections in /usr/home/freewebspace/www/forums/admin/db_mysql.php on line 38



There seems to have been a slight problem with the database.
Please try again by pressing the refresh button in your browser.

An E-Mail has been dispatched to our Technical Staff, who you can also contact if the problem persists.

We apologise for any inconvenience.



What happened?


I also get this:


Warning: MySQL: Link to server lost, unable to reconnect in /usr/home/freewebspace/www/forums/admin/db_mysql.php on line 38



There seems to have been a slight problem with the database.
Please try again by pressing the refresh button in your browser.

An E-Mail has been dispatched to our Technical Staff, who you can also contact if the problem persists.

We apologise for any inconvenience.
aphel aura
November 20th, 2002, 10:46
In the last 2 weeks, I also get those errors, especially the 'too many connection" thingy. Maybe an upgrade is needed for the server hosting this forum?
trenzterra
November 20th, 2002, 10:47
I guess so, just now I was like, the only user online?


And the server has been slower for me today...
hohoho
November 20th, 2002, 10:50
if Todd gets 1 email per user who gets this error, then his inbox should be full now :D
aphel aura
November 20th, 2002, 10:53
I know what the problem is :)

This thread
http://www.freewebspace.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=36448

Someone (or more than one) has artificially inflates the view number of this single thread to more than 20000. Considering that that thread contains about 10~ post, the amount of views is way too large.
The Red Guy
November 20th, 2002, 11:00
I guess it might be me accidentally... Very sorry. If I'm not mistaken my baby cousin was pressing all the buttons for about 5 mins, when I went to the toilet, pulled him away. But surely its more than that? :confused: Didn't mean to, but I didn't get errors. :confused2
Todd
November 20th, 2002, 11:10
I assure you it wasn't you. :)

You caught me in the middle of backing up the message boards database file. Needless to say this forum is huge and the server load did indeed spike, hence the message you saw.

When that was finished I restarted mysql and everything returned back to normal. Sorry about the outage, it probably lasted for a few minutes.
The Red Guy
November 20th, 2002, 11:12
*wipes off sweat* I thought for a second I'd be banned! :nervous: