Hi
There are quite a few posts here to do with a sudden 'failure to connect to MYQL database' messages and some speculation about why this occurs, ranging from problems with the server to problems with the software.
I have to report that I received exactly this message for a while this morning and it was, indeed, a server MYSQL database problem, which was humbly fixed by the host company and now everything is running again.
There was some speculation about whether a host would actually admit it was there problem, and glad to say my host, a wonderful company I don't mind advertising called Sibername.com. who operate in Canada, were big enough to say it was there problem. I also have to say that they have the most competent and willing IT support desk I have ever come across in 15 years of trying out various host companies across the world. And they charge £55 pa for hosting!
Anyway... just in case anyone has the same error message. Get the MYSQL server tested!
bye for now
achintya
Hi,
We have a thread for advising other users of decent webhosts, here, http://forum.coppermine-gallery.net/index.php?topic=6021.0
Would you care to give a link on that thread to your hosts, ;)
Cheers
sure... very useful. Will do.
ac