mySQL Server Down since yesterday

[cliffgem]

I'm getting a connection error. I haven't altered anything.
My account management panel says mySQL is down too.

if it helps I'm getting the following error:
Warning: mysql_pconnect() [function.mysql-pconnect]: Lost connection to MySQL server at 'reading initial communication packet', system error: 111 in /home/cliffgem/public_html/Connections/highFiveConn.php on line 9

Fatal error: Lost connection to MySQL server at 'reading initial communication packet', system error: 111 in /home/cliffgem/public_html/Connections/highFiveConn.php on line 9

something I can do to help this along?

 

[Corey]

MySQL is not really down, we have restricted polling for the status.

I'll move this to level 2 so it can be looked into further.

-Corey

 

[Fedlerner]

The problem you were having was that you had the hostname set to: 'localhost.pcriot.com', when it should be 'localhost'.
I've changed this for you and your website is now working.

 

[cliffgem]

I'm still getting an error.
I noticed that I was getting different errors depending on what I put in for the host name.
below are the different errors.


with "localhost.pcriot.com"

Warning: mysql_pconnect() [function.mysql-pconnect]: Lost connection to MySQL server at 'reading initial communication packet', system error: 111 in /home/cliffgem/public_html/Connections/highFiveConn.php on line 9

Fatal error: Lost connection to MySQL server at 'reading initial communication packet', system error: 111 in /home/cliffgem/public_html/Connections/highFiveConn.php on line 9


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with "localhost"

Warning: mysql_pconnect() [function.mysql-pconnect]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) in /home/cliffgem/public_html/Connections/highFiveConn.php on line 9

Fatal error: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) in /home/cliffgem/public_html/Connections/highFiveConn.php on line 9
it was working fine even with the localhost.pcriot.com addy previously.

 

[Fedlerner]

Your website at: http://highfive.pcriot.com/index.php seems to be working fine for me.
If you check the server alerts: http://forums.x10hosting.com/server-alerts/78772-free-hosting-lotus-mysql.html, today some changes where made on Lotus MySQL, so you may have got that error on that moment.