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All Things Considered => General Discussion--Non food Related => Topic started by: 02ebz06 on August 18, 2020, 10:41:48 AM

Title: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: 02ebz06 on August 18, 2020, 10:41:48 AM
Having intermittent issues with the website this morning.

Get this message:

Connection Problems

Sorry, SMF was unable to connect to the database. This may be caused by the server being busy. Please try again later.
Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: Bar-B-Lew on August 18, 2020, 11:10:48 AM
I had it a few times yesterday.
Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: Chokma on August 18, 2020, 11:11:42 AM
I just now got on -- no problem.
Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: cookingjnj on August 18, 2020, 11:12:42 AM
I have not.
Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: Canadian John on August 18, 2020, 11:28:20 AM

 Yesterday AM several times. So far, today is OK.
Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: 02ebz06 on August 18, 2020, 11:32:33 AM
Seems to have cleared up for me, but now when I click a page or thread, the browser will say "connecting..." for a second or two before displaying the page or thread.
Apparently the Server is having some performance issues.
Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: dk117 on August 18, 2020, 11:40:37 AM
about an hour ago it was rather consistent, seems resolved now. 
Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: SmokinHandyman on August 18, 2020, 11:43:14 AM
about an hour ago it was rather consistent, seems resolved now.

Same here
Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: jdmessner on August 20, 2020, 10:02:16 PM
Having intermittent issues with the website this morning.

Get this message:

Connection Problems

Sorry, SMF was unable to connect to the database. This may be caused by the server being busy. Please try again later.


I got this for the first time earlier today. I was able to get on OK when I tried a little later.
Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: Hank D Thoreau on August 21, 2020, 11:11:19 PM
Looks like the forum is hosted on a Sun Solaris server. Sun is now owned by Oracle.
Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: Bentley on September 02, 2020, 10:52:04 AM
Just having this happen to me for the 1st time.  On chat with HostGator trying to get an answer about what it is,
Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: Canadian John on September 02, 2020, 11:00:18 AM

 Just happened to me. Retry worked OK.
Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: Bentley on September 02, 2020, 11:23:43 AM
Just some notes for Adam...

Here's what I got:

https://paste.pics/ae2d7c1aa009996a8081decde6f85638

Yes, your domain's DNS records are pointed to Hostgator as shown here:

http://leafdns.com/index.cgi?testid=74A7796D

That error message you are getting- It's due to either too many connections on the server or incorrectly set details in your Settings.php



HostGator allows a maximum of 25 simultaneous MySQL connections per cPanel. If you exceed this limit, you will receive a max_user_connections error. Typically, either your site has too much traffic for the shared server, or your site may be under attack.
Typically, either your site has too much traffic for the shared server, or your site may be under attack. It is your responsibility to fix this by updating your web framework to the newest version, optimizing/indexing databases, or upgrading to a VPS or Dedicated server.
To fix this, simply optimize your mysql database and here's a link to guide you:

https://www.hostgator.com/help/article/optimize-mysql-resource-usage

No, its referring to MySQL connections not visit.
HostGator does not impose any limits on the number of visitors your website can receive. Allow visit per day is 7,000 - 8,000.



That would be great! Here are some reference you can share with your IT for more info:

https://www.hostgator.com/help/article/mysql-connection-limits-processor-limits

https://www.hostgator.com/help/article/max-user-connections-vs-too-many-connections
Hope I was able to provide the best support today regarding database concern. Aside from this, is there anything else I can brighten your day with?

Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: Bentley on September 10, 2020, 11:19:40 AM
Same issue for the last 15 minutes.  Hostgator today admitted it was an issue on their end...Hope I have not tied us into a sinking ship for 3 years.  That would be par for the course!
Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: pmillen on September 10, 2020, 11:31:46 AM
Yeah, we hope that, too.  I think it's worse today.
Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: Canadian John on September 10, 2020, 11:42:07 AM

 It's OK Bent. I can swim.
Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: lil moose on September 10, 2020, 02:21:07 PM
twice yesterday and 3 times today I got that
Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: LowSlowFoShow on September 12, 2020, 01:50:15 PM
Sorry for the delayed response but when I saw the email from Bentley I had a strong suspicion it was a hosting issue.  Hopefully, they can resolve it.
Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: 02ebz06 on September 17, 2020, 10:28:49 AM
Back again today...
Took 5 minutes trying to post a reply to a thread.
Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: Bar-B-Lew on October 04, 2020, 10:04:39 AM
I got it about 5x this morning.
Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: yorkdude on October 04, 2020, 10:50:30 AM
Same here, it’s always in the morning and most times it is fine on the main page but if we try to go to a thread then it misbehaves.
Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: Bar-B-Lew on April 18, 2022, 01:53:07 PM
I got this message about 10x about 10 minutes ago.
Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: hughver on April 18, 2022, 02:23:25 PM
No problem here.
Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: 02ebz06 on April 18, 2022, 02:58:24 PM
I had it a couple times 4 or 5 days ago, but not since.
Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: pmillen on April 19, 2022, 11:05:12 AM
I get it regularly today.  It's annoying because I'm short on time.
Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: Bentley on April 19, 2022, 12:24:57 PM
It has not happened to me for months!
Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: urnmor on April 19, 2022, 01:57:56 PM
I get it every now and then.  In fact got it today IMO no big deal I just retry
Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: 02ebz06 on April 22, 2022, 10:30:01 AM
Getting it this morning.  Three times when trying to open this thread. 
Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: Bar-B-Lew on April 22, 2022, 10:52:57 AM
Getting it this morning.  Three times when trying to open this thread.

happened to me again this morning too
Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: jdmessner on April 25, 2022, 12:24:51 PM
Overall it has not been a problem. Got it several different times for the first time today. If I hit refresh the site would come back most of the time, but not always. I have had some issues with staying connected online, so it could be from my end.
Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: 02ebz06 on May 02, 2022, 12:32:43 PM
Happened a half dozen times just now.
Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: pmillen on May 02, 2022, 12:42:28 PM
Yes, It's happening repeatedly.  So often that I'm wondering why I wasted my opportunity to post by posting this one.
Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: Bentley on May 02, 2022, 03:09:27 PM
I am sorry that it is happening!  I am not experiencing it and have not for weeks if not months.  I would go ask HostGator, but am not sure what I would tell them.  I am using Chrome, can you that are experiencing it tell me what type of viewing device you are looking at the site on and what browser you are using?

I am never on the site with my phone, is it a phone issue?  I obviously do not use Taptalk, is it happening on that platform?  If I can get some data on what platforms it is acting up on, maybe I could ask Adam to look and see if we need some type of upgrade.

Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: pmillen on May 02, 2022, 03:11:42 PM
I'm using Apple Safari.  It isn't happening now.
Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: 02ebz06 on May 02, 2022, 03:37:19 PM
I am using Brave Nightly that it has happened on and was using Pale Moon that it happened with also.
Don't use Chrome, so can't say if it would happen.
It's a pig and wears out your hard drive (especially Solid State Disks) with the constant writing to it with every window you have open.
Title: Re: Anybody besides me getting this message?
Post by: Bar-B-Lew on May 02, 2022, 03:50:52 PM
I use Chrome and had the issue a week or so ago.