I've been getting that message a lot lately. I remember it was doing that back in May 2004.

Whenever it comes up, I am never sure as to how long the problem will persist.

I've been getting that message a lot lately. I remember it was doing that back in May 2004.

Whenever it comes up, I am never sure as to how long the problem will persist.
I go and make a cup of tea and come back and see if it is up and running agian.

I go and make a cup of tea and come back and see if it is up and running agian.

The last couple times I experienced it, it lasted only an hour or so. One time it happened two weeks ago, I emailed Chucky about it and by the time he answered my email, I was already aware that it had been back up and running.

The last couple times I experienced it, it lasted only an hour or so. One time it happened two weeks ago, I emailed Chucky about it and by the time he answered my email, I was already aware that it had been back up and running.
It happened just last week, can you remember which day?

We should keep a log for future reference.

It happened just last week, can you remember which day?

We should keep a log for future reference.



It happened last night (about 8:30 local). Didn't stick around to see how long it lasted.




Cat

For fear of repeting myself, please read ^ only it was about 7:15 or so.




Cat

For me, it has been fine today sofar, touch wood!

Just happened again.

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 just noticed that. It must've been for like a few minutes or so. :-\\

I just noticed that. It must've been for like a few minutes or so. :-\\
It seemed like 20 minutes offline.

It seemed like 20 minutes offline.


That was what I got... :-\\

Not too sure how long it was down for. I just know that it was down.




Cat

I don't seem to be seeing these errors.  I kind of feel left out  :\'(

[quote author=whis

It just went out for a few minutes.




Cat

It just went out for a few minutes.




Cat


yeah, I was trying to log in and see what was causing it, but it fixed itself by the time I did.  One of these days I'll catch it in the act.

It just went out for a few minutes.




Cat
Guess I didn't miss anything then. At the time it happened, I guess I was on the way home from Palm Springs.

Guess I didn't miss anything then. At the time it happened, I guess I was on the way home from Palm Springs.
I had to sit and wait!

Connection Problems

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

It has happened again!

Connection Problems

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

It has happened again!



I know, it did it while I was at work.  It's the MySQL server... so I have to figure out what's causing the issues with it.

Hope ya figure out soon, Chuck...there was an episode of it earlier today (Tuesday). :-\\

I was getting those SMF errors a little while ago.  Couldn't get into the forum for almost a half hour  :\'(

Hmm...maybe there were two waves of it earlier. I just know that I was on about six hours ago and the SMF message came up. And I tried again one hour ago, still no luck. I guess it was just fine in between.

If there's ever a time when I can't get to it, I sometimes post a message on this amiright.com comment thread:

http://www.amiright.com/newsitems/items/newsitem_1098835730.shtml

Connection Problems

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

It happened again about an hour ago.

It happened last night and tonight (I think about the same time).  It just came back up.





Cat

I seem to be getting this error at least once everyday.  I know it's happened twice today.

I get it about 2-3 times every day  :\'(

Connection Problems

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

It happened again about an hour ago.
Do you think server overloading is what's causing it?  ???

It just happened again!

It seems it's starting to occur with more frequency... :-\\

I just found a bug with a template, related to some changes from the arcade addition.  Not sure if that was the problem, but it's possible.  It was filling my error log with a message every time someone clicked on any link on any part of the site.  The log was HUGE!  So it might have been choking the database a bit.

I just found a bug with a template, related to some changes from the arcade addition.  Not sure if that was the problem, but it's possible.  It was filling my error log with a message every time someone clicked on any link on any part of the site.  The log was HUGE!  So it might have been choking the database a bit.


Does this mean no more arcade?  :\'(

[quote author=whis

I just found a bug with a template, related to some changes from the arcade addition.  Not sure if that was the problem, but it's possible.  It was filling my error log with a message every time someone clicked on any link on any part of the site.  The log was HUGE!  So it might have been choking the database a bit.



Thanks, Chucky. You're the best.




Cat

I guess you didn't get is, Chucky. It happened again.  :(


I know you are trying.




Cat

Twice in one day! AUUUUGGGGHHHHH!!!!


Hey Chucky, does it help you for us to tell you when it happens or not?




Cat

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

^ Yes, that's the same message we get all the time. >:(


I just found a bug with a template, related to some changes from the arcade addition.  Not sure if that was the problem, but it's possible.  It was filling my error log with a message every time someone clicked on any link on any part of the site.  The log was HUGE!  So it might have been choking the database a bit.

So that's what's causing all this garbag

Hmm...maybe there were two waves of it earlier. I just know that I was on about six hours ago and the SMF message came up. And I tried again one hour ago, still no luck. I guess it was just fine in between.

If there's ever a time when I can't get to it, I sometimes post a message on this amiright.com comment thread:

http://www.amiright.com/newsitems/items/newsitem_1098835730.shtml

That comment thread's been around since October of 2004...I guess there was a problem with it then or something?

Well, I bet it's a good place to post comments regarding SMF errors if we can't post 'em here on the messageboard.

yup, down again.  for about an hour I think. 

I might have some new ideas to try out tonight.  Definitely getting worse

In case you missed the threads on the other system stuff boards, I did an upgrade last night which I think will put this problem out to pasture once and for all.

I found a monitoring tool for server load and have been checking it every hour or so for the past two days.  Before I upgraded MySQL (database the messageboard needs to work), the CPU was near 100% utilization constantly. Right now it's around 20% with a few dozen people on the site and I haven't seen it higher than 30% even at the busiest.

There's still more tweaking to improve performance I can do, plenty of things I haven't tried, etc.  So definitely leave a message here letting me know what time you see the message (if you see it again).  Make sure you mention the time zone you're in too if you mention the time.

guess I have more work to do... just crashed for 20 minutes again.  ugh, I'm getting frustrated.

guess I have more work to do... just crashed for 20 minutes again.  ugh, I'm getting frustrated.
Frustrating indeed, I continue with some Spreadsheet work.

It might be related to the search function. I just noticed it was left to unlimited results, which if someone searched for something ridiculous might cause a problem.  I'm changing some options on the search now, and limiting a few things, builiding a word index, etc.

It might be related to the search function. I just noticed it was left to unlimited results, which if someone searched for something ridiculous might cause a problem.  I'm changing some options on the search now, and limiting a few things, builiding a word index, etc.

I notice that the search function is taking a while now, too. Probably because there's so many posts to search through now! In the beginning, I remember that it ran rather quickly. Now that there are over 700,000 posts here, maybe that has something to do with it. I dunno. :-\\

just couldn't access the site at 1130 atlantic time..not SMF but can't find server..first time in days but still a drag  :-\\

just couldn't access the site at 1130 atlantic time..not SMF but can't find server..first time in days but still a drag  :-\\


I just had the same problem.  Last night, I got those SMF errors.  couldn't log into the site for well over 1 hour.  By the time I could, the site was loading really slow, then I got SMF again, so I just gave up trying 

It just happened again. I thought this problem was fixed. I was about to post a high score on an arcade game-luckily I noticed the board was down before doing that.





Cat

I got the SMF Connection Problems at approx. 2:48pm Central time today.
I'm in now though! ;)

I got the SMF Connection Problems at approx. 2:48pm Central time today.
I'm in now though! ;)
Was that about 15 minutes ago?

I just got the SMF error around that time.  I think SMF stands for Stupid Mother Effing Error >:(

[quote author=whis

I received the SMF error twice today.

Once around 1:30 and just a few minutes ago at 4:18pm. Both Central time.

Also, the flashchat was affected taking about 60 to 90 seconds to post.


This is who was online:
52 Guests, 20 Users, 3 Users in Chat (4 Buddies, 3 Hidden)
Users active in past 5 minutes:
Bobby, Donnie Darko, Meat!, Tam, Philip Eno, Brian06, MidTennHitman, ♫ Sister Morphine ♫, Paul, CeramicsFanatic, Howard, woops, sonikuu, Tubeway General, STG, Henk, James

I received the SMF error twice today.

Once around 1:30 and just a few minutes ago at 4:18pm. Both Central time.

Also, the flashchat was affected taking about 60 to 90 seconds to post.


This is who was online:
52 Guests, 20 Users, 3 Users in Chat (4 Buddies, 3 Hidden)
Users active in past 5 minutes:
Bobby, Donnie Darko, Meat!, Tam, Philip Eno, Brian06, MidTennHitman, ♫ Sister Morphine ♫, Paul, CeramicsFanatic, Howard, woops, sonikuu, Tubeway General, STG, Henk, James

For me the boards went all slow, taking a long time to load up, but I did not see the message.

For me the boards went all slow, taking a long time to load up, but I did not see the message.


I never saw the message either, but I was waiting for it.  The boards were real slow though.  I didn't refresh that often, so maybe is why i never saw  :-\\

I've been updating the archives, and finishing up the cleanup work involved with it, which might be the reason.  Both times you mentioned were around when I was doing it

I never saw the message either, but I was waiting for it.  The boards were real slow though.  I didn't refresh that often, so maybe is why i never saw  :-\\
I went off to make tea and the board was still the same.


I've been updating the archives, and finishing up the cleanup work involved with it, which might be the reason.  Both times you mentioned were around when I was doing it
Thank you.

Why does it seems that this is only happening to me?? LOL

I got the SMF yet again today at 5:10pm Central time and I also got this error from the FlashChat

Warning: mysql_connect(): Too many connections in /home/httpd/vhosts/inthe00s.com/httpdocs/flashchat/chat/inc/classes/db.php on line 15


Bizarre! ???

Why does it seems that this is only happening to me?? LOL

I got the SMF yet again today at 5:10pm Central time and I also got this error from the FlashChat

Warning: mysql_connect(): Too many connections in /home/httpd/vhosts/inthe00s.com/httpdocs/flashchat/chat/inc/classes/db.php on line 15


Bizarre! ???
I had it all earlier.

I got the SMF error again right now.

Central time  5:02pm - 5:13pm


Also, another attempt provided me with this error message:

"Warning: mysql_connect(): Too many connections in /home/httpd/vhosts/inthe00s.com/httpdocs/flashchat/chat/inc/classes/db.php on line 15

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /home/httpd/vhosts/inthe00s.com/httpdocs/flashchat/chat/usersInChat.php on line 73"

This is what I keep getting:


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

This is what I keep getting:


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


Busy?

Temporarily Unavailable
The forum is unavailable due to high stress on the server

and then:

SMF Error!!

Started around 12:59pm CST.
I just got back in at 1:24pm CST

Temporarily Unavailable
The forum is unavailable due to high stress on the server

and then:

SMF Error!!

Started around 12:59pm CST.
I just got back in at 1:24pm CST


it appears a spammer is using one of my domains as the "bounce" address in their spamming run.  Which means stupid mail servers read it, and deliver all the undeliverable spam in my inbox, even though it never came from my server.  Not much I can do about it I'm afraid.

it appears a spammer is using one of my domains as the "bounce" address in their spamming run.  Which means stupid mail servers read it, and deliver all the undeliverable spam in my inbox, even though it never came from my server.  Not much I can do about it I'm afraid.
I hope you can solve this?

I hope you can solve this?


me too.. I contacted my hosting provider, but they haven't responded yet.

hasn't been a problem again, but I couldn't figure out what they did either.  Not a good thing.

me too.. I contacted my hosting provider, but they haven't responded yet.

hasn't been a problem again, but I couldn't figure out what they did either.  Not a good thing.
For the record, around the time I was viewing and replying to this thread, the boards were rather slow on the up take.

For the record, around the time I was viewing and replying to this thread, the boards were rather slow on the up take.


I know.  I just awoke from a nap (Neal was sleeping, so I figured I'd do the same). I hit the site to check and see if there were any messages, and I got the too high a load message.  I checked, and it was some ridiculous number, with 1000 exim mail process running.

The hosting provider did get back to me to let me know they were cleaning up the mail system, and to reassure me it wasn't a root exploit.  I should know more in a few hours.  It did waste a better portion of my day unfortunately, but it was a good thing I was around when I was, or it might have run all day.

it would logically mean server malfunction,but apparently it doesn't.

It when down again this morning

It when down again this morning


really?  Do you mean like a few minutes ago?

really?  Do you mean like a few minutes ago?


I just got the high server load message myself.

not sure why though, and I can't check from work

I just got the high server load message myself.

not sure why though, and I can't check from work
Just then, just like this morning (GMT)

I think the server is hacked again.  Not positive, but one of the email accounts was sending thousands of emails again, and the person it belongs to was nowhere near a computer at the time.  Either it's just his email account, or the whole thing is screwed again.

I think the server is hacked again.  Not positive, but one of the email accounts was sending thousands of emails again, and the person it belongs to was nowhere near a computer at the time.  Either it's just his email account, or the whole thing is screwed again.
The rotten swine!

Please do give us good notice when you plan to spring clean the boards.

The rotten swine!

Please do give us good notice when you plan to spring clean the boards.


I'll try.  I think it's ok for now, but we'll see

I'll try.  I think it's ok for now, but we'll see
I will be he for a short while and if anything crops up I will let you know.