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SQL error and board being extremely slow

Postby heliona » Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:29 pm

I'm sure other people occasionally experience the new board being ridiculously slow sometimes. Just now I (or rather my computer) spent 20 minutes attempting to submit a post and eventually I got an SQL error:

General Error

SQL ERROR [ mysqli ]

Too many connections [1040]

An sql error occurred while fetching this page. Please contact an administrator if this problem persists.


I've never had an SQL error, but I will say that almost every day there are times when it takes a really long time for a page to load, and then suddenly everything's super-fast again. :?
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Re: SQL error and board being extremely slow

Postby FrodoTook » Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:01 pm

I have not seen that particular error message but will agree that
almost every day there are times when it takes a really long time for a page to load, and then suddenly everything's super-fast again.


Quite frustrating at times. Just a few minutes ago I pasted a message of mine to my PC Word Pad just so I could save it to post later.
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Re: SQL error and board being extremely slow

Postby Jonathan » Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:29 pm

Yes I've noticed it. There is one query that happens when some specific profiles are accessed that seems to be causing the prob. I believe it has to do with showing the post activity on the the profile page.

I may just need to remove those items for now.
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Re: SQL error and board being extremely slow

Postby heliona » Fri Dec 21, 2012 4:29 pm

It is very odd, because it flips and flops between being fast one minute and then molasses-slow the next. :) I thought it'd be something to do with the new board, but once I got the error message, I thought I should flag it up. :)
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Re: SQL error and board being extremely slow

Postby Jonathan » Fri Dec 21, 2012 4:56 pm

Removed the code that seemed to be the offending super-slow query (the "Most Active Forum" display on a user profile page)... let's see if that fixes things up.
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Re: SQL error and board being extremely slow

Postby heliona » Fri Dec 21, 2012 5:07 pm

Thanks, Jonathan. :)
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Re: SQL error and board being extremely slow

Postby heliona » Sat Dec 22, 2012 5:37 am

Jonathan, I'm sorry to tell you that sometimes TORC is still slow sometimes and Wilko just got the same General error that I posted above. :cry2:
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Re: SQL error and board being extremely slow

Postby Ashke Verasca » Sat Dec 22, 2012 7:01 am

Yes, it happens all the time, especially when I edit the post. Once I had to wait 30 minutes.
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Re: SQL error and board being extremely slow

Postby Calma » Sat Dec 22, 2012 8:32 am

Oh good... I thought it was just me.

There are times when the site doesn't even load for me.
I usually wait about 10 minutes then it comes right up.

Thanks Jonathan!
I know you're doing all you can.
Just keep plugging away at it.

ps.. I don't get the error message.
It just doesn't load fast at times
Also, when I can get on the boards,
I sometimes have a hard time trying to post a reply.
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Re: SQL error and board being extremely slow

Postby Jonathan » Sat Dec 22, 2012 1:31 pm

Tonight, then, I'll shut the boards down and run some maintenance scripts on the tables in the database... Since there are over 3,000,000 posts, it'll take a few hours to finish. I haven't cleaned up that table in a few years, and I'm betting that ones the ultimate culprit.
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Re: SQL error and board being extremely slow

Postby FrodoTook » Sat Dec 22, 2012 1:45 pm

Thank you Jon for your continued care of TORC.

It is appreciated...very much by very many.
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Re: SQL error and board being extremely slow

Postby Calma » Sat Dec 22, 2012 2:20 pm

Jonathan wrote:Tonight, then, I'll shut the boards down and run some maintenance scripts on the tables in the database... Since there are over 3,000,000 posts, it'll take a few hours to finish. I haven't cleaned up that table in a few years, and I'm betting that ones the ultimate culprit.



Tonight, eh?
Ok, I'll put in a movie or something...

Thank you Jon!


ETA...12/27...6:40am PST...

Ok, I can finally get into the post a reply slot.
I was getting that error message for about 30 minutes this morning.
All day yesterday, I had no problem at all getting onto and posting on TORC.
Just thought you'd like to know is all.
I wouldn't want you to be messing up family holiday time to get 'round to this.

Now I just hope it'll post.

Thanks.
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