MySQL server has gone away

[Nintendo-Daily]

I'm having some major MySQL issues within my vBulletin forums software. I'm using vBulletin 3.8.4 and I keep getting errors and I am getting rather worried about them. The error I keep getting is:

MySQL Error: MySQL server has gone away
Error Number: 2006

I keep getting emails whenever one of these errors occur, either from me or another member...even Unregistered members (guests). It happens in various different threads and seems to be intermittent.

I'd like to have someone that really knows their way around MySQL and vBulletin to have a look at my problems so I can get these cleared up.

Someone please help me figure this out.

[HMBeaty]

It's a problem with your host/server. This has been discussed SEVERAL times. Please do a search

[Dismounted]

<a href="http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/troubleshoot_mysql_goneaway" target="_blank">http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/t...mysql_goneaway</a>

[Nintendo-Daily]

http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/troubleshoot_mysql_goneaway

Thanks for taking the time to post the reference, Dismounted ;)

[Paul M]

This is probably due to having a mysql timeout value that is too low.