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Subject: Re: Problems with 4.10 and mysql
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On Mon, 24 May 2004, Pete French wrote:

> Unfortunately this is going to be a very indistinct bug
> report, but ever since upgrading to 4.10 from 4.9 I am
> having several problems with mysql. These manifest as
> programs occasionally failing to connect to the database.
> Unfortunately I have been unable to track this down as yet
> due to the fact it only happens once in every few hundred
> attempts, so trying to actually characterise it is proving
> almost impossible!
>
> Has anyone else seen this ? I am using the system on a test
> server and am loathe to upgrade the production machines just in case
> it *isnt* simply some quirk of this machine.
>
> -pcf.

Are you sure you're not periodically hitting the maximum thread limit
configured within MySQL?

- Matt

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