Hi, if you go to my site catholicwritersguild.com, you'll see the following message:
The connection to the database server failed, sorry for the inconvenience
We should be back shortly
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Now, I spoke to the service provider, and it says I have too many SQL connections to the database. I must admit, I am still a bit of a newb at this and I have no idea what that means. I've tried reinstalling dragonfly to connect it to the database wondering if perhaps the code was hacked or something and that installing the upgrade would allow the site to talk to the database again. No dice. The username and password for the database all line up. So...what is happening? Can someone give me some guidance?
Thanks for any help you can give me. Bless you guys.
Server specs (Server OS / Apache / MySQL / PHP / DragonflyCMS):
Linux/PHP Version 5.2.17 MySQL Version 5.5.32-log (client: 5.5.32)/Dragonfly 9.3.4.0
DJ MazeOffline
Joined: Apr 19, 2004
Posts: 6425
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Meanwhile, I am working with my service provider at the same time. It seems that someone hacked my database and added tables to it up the wazoo...at which point it isn't so much a dragonfly problem but a problem of a corrupted database. (Actually, it kind of would be a Dragonfly problem because there is a security hole somewhere, but I digress...). They are restoring the database from backup, so I'll see if that'll fix it. If not, I'll definitely check the config.php file.
Regardless, I'll let you know what happens so you can make a note of it for future reference.
--Ann
Server specs (Server OS / Apache / MySQL / PHP / DragonflyCMS):
Linux/PHP Version 5.2.17 MySQL Version 5.5.32-log (client: 5.5.32)/Dragonfly 9.3.4.0
tashaarOffline
Joined: Jan 27, 2006
Posts: 134
Location: Indianapolis
Okay - after 3 days and counting, here is where I am.
My service provider has worked on this with me for hours and hours and they finally came up with the following:
We found that your database table cms_session is the one having all the connections. You are allowed 15 concurrent connections to the database at one time. Somehow that table is not dropping any connections.
This is beyond our troubleshooting with this unfortunately as we are not trained or that familiar with Dragonfly CMS. Your best option would be to contact Dragonfly support as this is more in their realm of specialized support or if you have a web developer that helped you build this site.
Further, on the phone, they said that the calls to this table are being made from the index.php file.
Thanks in advance for any help you can give.
--Ann
Server specs (Server OS / Apache / MySQL / PHP / DragonflyCMS):
Linux/PHP Version 5.2.17 MySQL Version 5.5.32-log (client: 5.5.32)/Dragonfly 9.3.4.0
DJ MazeOffline
Joined: Apr 19, 2004
Posts: 6425
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Open includes/db/db.php and look for "function sql_close()", you should get:
function sql_close()
{
if ($this->connect_id && !$this->persistent) {
$this->close();
$this->connect_id = false;
}
}
Now let's try by adding a new function before that one, the final results will be:
function __destruct()
{
$this->sql_close();
}
function sql_close()
{
if ($this->connect_id && !$this->persistent) {
$this->close();
$this->connect_id = false;
}
}
I do believe you have an error somewhere in footer.php or any file included into it (themefooter(), a block, etc) that is causing db connections not to be closed.
If you have PHP5, this could potentially fix your issue.
Note: After you apply this change you might need to wait up to 8 hours to see if it worked or not as the default mysql wait_timeout is 28800 seconds (8 hours).
.:: I met php the 03 December 2003 :: Unforgettable day! ::.
Server specs (Server OS / Apache / MySQL / PHP / DragonflyCMS):
CloudLinux / Apache 2.4 LSAPI / MySQLi 5.6 / PHP 5.6 / DCVS
