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thepub
03-07-2007, 10:58 PM
For several days now, I get emails saying

mysql_connect() [<a href='function.mysql-connect'>function.mysql-connect</a>]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) /home/theneigh/public_html/includes/class_core.php on line 273


and then my forum will go down. I submitted a support ticket with my host and they said

This isn't actually a server error. This error is caused when a script is opening too many concurrent connections using the same mysql user, which in this case appears to be "theneigh_vb". Generally when this happens with the vBulletin script it is usually the result of a poorly coded add-on/modification, however this is not always the case.



I am desperate to know what the heck is wrong with my forum and why it keeps going down. Since this has started my forum has also taken a long time to load and refresh as well.

Marco van Herwaarden
03-15-2007, 09:05 AM
This error is not (directly) caused by too many connections, and it IS a server error.

See http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/cantconnect for known causes and documentation on this error.

thepub
03-15-2007, 12:34 PM
thank you very much. I am in the process of switching servers.