Topic: Forum Unstable? Connection Problems. (Read 2810 times)
I needed to lock the messages table for a few minutes. It should be OK now.
These are the main causes for this issue:
It's a common problem for people who have a host which simply can't keep up with the users connecting or because of a misconfiguration of the settings.php. However, I should imagine the forum is reaching it's max connections which is causing the problems because it's not happening constantly which would indicate to the settings being configured incorrectly.
Both are easily resolved by either upgrading the host or by using this documentation: Here
- High amount of people connecting to the site.
- The settings.php isn't configured correctly.
It's a common problem for people who have a host which simply can't keep up with the users connecting or because of a misconfiguration of the settings.php. However, I should imagine the forum is reaching it's max connections which is causing the problems because it's not happening constantly which would indicate to the settings being configured incorrectly.
Both are easily resolved by either upgrading the host or by using this documentation: Here
This happens periodically. I'm okay with it.
This forum is huuuuuge relative to most others and the downtime is always minimal. Besides, it can't be healthy for most of us to be here, we're all just nerds watching a ticker.
This forum is huuuuuge relative to most others and the downtime is always minimal. Besides, it can't be healthy for most of us to be here, we're all just nerds watching a ticker.
Well, you are here now. 
Yep i am getting the same
Got greeted quite a few times by this:
"Connection Problems
Sorry, SMF was unable to connect to the database. This may be caused by the server being busy. Please try again later."
Anyone shed any light on this.
"Connection Problems
Sorry, SMF was unable to connect to the database. This may be caused by the server being busy. Please try again later."
Anyone shed any light on this.
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