mysql error
 

I've been having crashing all day. Visited my Cpanel only to discover my mysql database was not even listed there... have no idea what happened. I had my VPS rebooted which brought the forum back up online.

Since then I continue to get this message

"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/xxxx/public_html/forum/includes/class_core.php on line 311"

How do I fix this? I'm a newb.

--------------- Added [DATE]1236881858[/DATE] at [TIME]1236881858[/TIME] ---------------

... and this one:

It looks to me like you either can't connect to the database or the database is not responding...if the database is not listed in cPanel, then that's a pretty good indicator that your database vanished. Is it still missing? Have you contacted your host about this?

Here are some pages on each of those errors. They are both server problems that you may need to contact your host to fix.

MySQL Server has gone away:

This is a server issue. See this: http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/t...mysql_goneaway and this: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...265#post310265


MySQL can't connect (through socket):

See this page for the causes of this error: http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/cantconnect

Well, I can "see" my DB in my VPS WHM, but not in Cpanel. My forum is operational though, but with errors I have listed above.

Can I use SQL services to repair my database using my WHM?

Nowhere in the errors does it say the database needs to be repaired. That is not what the errors are about at all. You should not perform a 'repair' on a database that does not need to be repaired.

Those are both very common errors on a shared server. They just mean the server is overloaded. VPS is supposed to be a lot less 'shared'. You can try contacting your host, but don't get your hopes up. As a last resort, try to get them to move you to a different server.