What does this mean?

geepondy

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Here are three lines out of many I got numerous times tonight when attempting to access CPF. I got this one other night as well. Just curious in a user friendly manner what this actually means.


Warning: Too many connections in /usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/candlepowerforums.com/httpdocs/ubbthreads/mysql.inc.php on line 35

Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Too many connections in /usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/candlepowerforums.com/httpdocs/ubbthreads/mysql.inc.php on line 35
SQL ERROR: Database error only visible to forum administrators

Warning: mysql_select_db(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in /usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/candlepowerforums.com/httpdocs/ubbthreads/mysql.inc.php on line 45
 

Greta

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It means that there were too many open connections on the server and we crashed it. This happens from time to time when there are too many queries on the database all at once and the load on the server reaches about 85%... it should be at about 25%. Basically, all it takes to fix it is a "flush" of the tables. This is a down and dirty "fix" of any errors in the database and for lack of a better term, a defrag and reboot. This also forces any open connections that get caught in an endless loop to close.
 

UncleFester

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Gee Sasha, you sound quite like a computer geekette. Thanks for taking care of things /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/clap.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif
 
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