Problem, someone, please help me here.

[Super Shadow]

Hey guys, you probably don't know me. I'm the newbie member here, I don't know very much about vBs, or programming, or PHP. Just recently, every time we try to access out Forum, we get this message:



Warning: Host 'unix136.hosting-network.com' is blocked because of many connection errors. Unblock with 'mysqladmin flush-hosts' in /usr/local/plesk/apache/vhosts/infinityforums.com/httpdocs/admin/db_mysql.php on line 40

Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Host 'unix136.hosting-network.com' is blocked because of many connection errors. Unblock with 'mysqladmin flush-hosts' in /usr/local/plesk/apache/vhosts/infinityforums.com/httpdocs/admin/db_mysql.php on line 40



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.



Since I don't know ANYTHING AT ALL about programming (except maybe CSS and HTML), all I understand from here, is that I have to open up the db_mysql.php file, check line 40, and it's gotta be an error in there. That's where I can't correct anything.

Please, ANYONE, your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

(if you'd like to see the actual page, http://www.infinityforums.com/index.php)

[Kevitt]

No, I'm thinking that line is simply where a database call exists. I think you need to do what the error specifically states.

But... I think for mysqladmin flush-hosts you need to at least be able to SSH or telnet into the server. I think you'd probably be best off giving your hosting support dudes a call

EDIT: I was just thinking that my answer wasn't very good. Sorry... been a damn long day.

FLUSH-HOSTS clears the hosts cache tables. I've only seen the need for this once, when the mysql server had an IP address change and the tables needed to be refreshed. I know that's still not much help, but I just felt a bit more of an explaination was in order.