critical error:phpBB
unable to access database.
thought i'ld let you know.
critical error:phpBB
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eastmidswhizzkid
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don't know whether this is your end or mine,but been having difficulties accessing/refreshing pages.to start with it was just really slow but a few times it said:
critical error:phpBB
unable to access database.
thought i'ld let you know.
critical error:phpBB
unable to access database.
thought i'ld let you know.
Well I was handsome and I was strong
And I knew the words to every song.
"Did my singing please you?"
"No! The words you sang were wrong!"
And I knew the words to every song.
"Did my singing please you?"
"No! The words you sang were wrong!"
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hmm, yes. that would be a problem here at the heartland end 
what time(s) and how often did you see that? any idea? and did anyone else have the same problem?
what time(s) and how often did you see that? any idea? and did anyone else have the same problem?
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HL went slow for me yesterday night for a few minutes - seemed to me to be a problem with the server (at a guess, the MySQL service was restarted by your hosting people)
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it happened two or three times,between 11.30pm and midnightish.it didn't happen again after my post about it.
Well I was handsome and I was strong
And I knew the words to every song.
"Did my singing please you?"
"No! The words you sang were wrong!"
And I knew the words to every song.
"Did my singing please you?"
"No! The words you sang were wrong!"
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ahhh, now thats interesting 
thats around the time my "cronjob" runs an automated backup of the database.
i wonder if the backup script is locking the database while its running
having said that, the script should take no more than a minute or so to actually run.
you say you got that message over an extended period of time? not just for a few seconds?
thats around the time my "cronjob" runs an automated backup of the database.
i wonder if the backup script is locking the database while its running
having said that, the script should take no more than a minute or so to actually run.
you say you got that message over an extended period of time? not just for a few seconds?
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eastmidswhizzkid
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they were fairly close together,within a few minutes at most because i was browsing old topics looking for a link.and probably nearer to midnight ,as it was 12.07 when i posted. any more accurate than that i can't do,sorry.
Well I was handsome and I was strong
And I knew the words to every song.
"Did my singing please you?"
"No! The words you sang were wrong!"
And I knew the words to every song.
"Did my singing please you?"
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thats enough info thanks 
looks like it could be at the same time as the db backup. i'll have a poke around the logs and see what i can see.
ta.
looks like it could be at the same time as the db backup. i'll have a poke around the logs and see what i can see.
ta.
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00:03 hrs 01-Aug-2005, lasted 30 secs until a refresh brought everything back to normal.phpBB : Critical Error
Could not connect to the database
thought you should know, Mr QB
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And another one at about 08:08 (Brit time).
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sorry -so hacked off last night with being called rosiephobic that i nearly forgot:mine happened about the same time as lazcorp's.(why me again?i didn't touch anything... 
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And I knew the words to every song.
"Did my singing please you?"
"No! The words you sang were wrong!"
And I knew the words to every song.
"Did my singing please you?"
"No! The words you sang were wrong!"
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It happened to me around midnight.
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sounds very much like QB's guess of the database backup triggered, by the cronjob, being the cause.
Since it's only temporary I guess we sit there and keep refreshing until it's done if we happen to be on the forum at midnight.
Since it's only temporary I guess we sit there and keep refreshing until it's done if we happen to be on the forum at midnight.
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what???and miss out on my wit and wisdom...Motz wrote:Aye.
Or maybe he could set it to run from 12 until 5 so that we actually get some sleep?
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And I knew the words to every song.
"Did my singing please you?"
"No! The words you sang were wrong!"
And I knew the words to every song.
"Did my singing please you?"
"No! The words you sang were wrong!"
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It happened to me again this morning, at about 11:53.
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Yes, that way only Boudicca would be affected.Motz wrote:Or maybe he could set it to run from 12 until 5 so that we actually get some sleep?
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...and again.only lasted as long as it took to refresh.03.27h exactly.
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And I knew the words to every song.
"Did my singing please you?"
"No! The words you sang were wrong!"
And I knew the words to every song.
"Did my singing please you?"
"No! The words you sang were wrong!"
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don't know if you still want these reporting qb -let us know if not.
00.02/3h tue 16/8
00.02/3h tue 16/8
Well I was handsome and I was strong
And I knew the words to every song.
"Did my singing please you?"
"No! The words you sang were wrong!"
And I knew the words to every song.
"Did my singing please you?"
"No! The words you sang were wrong!"
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yes please. not sure what i can actually do to resolve them (other than move the backup time to about 4am) but i'd still like to know...
thanks. i think
thanks. i think
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eastmidswhizzkid
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they're only a minor annoyance which last such a short time it would be churlish to complain -and not half as annoying as the s**t my computer gives me half the time.Quiff Boy wrote:yes please. not sure what i can actually do to resolve them (other than move the backup time to about 4am) but i'd still like to know...
thanks. i think
as long as HL and your hardware's alright,thats all that matters.
Well I was handsome and I was strong
And I knew the words to every song.
"Did my singing please you?"
"No! The words you sang were wrong!"
And I knew the words to every song.
"Did my singing please you?"
"No! The words you sang were wrong!"
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Just got a different error at about 16:20 BST today:
critical error: PHP
cannot create session
BoF said she was getting the same error at the same time
critical error: PHP
cannot create session
BoF said she was getting the same error at the same time
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I've got an all new error message!
Happened a couple of minutes before this post.message_die() was called multiple times. This isn't supposed to happen. Was message_die() used in page_tail.php?