URL to your eFiction: http://www.Fos-ff.net/
Version of eFiction: 3.3.1
Have you bridged eFiction, if so with what?: No
Version of PHP: 5
Version of MySQL: 4.x
Have you searched for your problem: yes
If so, what terms did you try: Fatal error: FATALERROR _NOTCONNECTED
State the nature of your problem: The error is random and seems to have no reason for appearing.
Do you have a test account for us? no
Okay, for awhile now we have been getting a very random error that shows up for various amounts of time:
FATALERROR _NOTCONNECTED
Now, obviously the database is connected since the site is working until that error pops in out of nowhere. And it is not connected with any one function. You can be just going to the index, posting a story, posting news, posting a comment, reading a story, updating a profile, etc.. and there is no certain time it does it either.
What in the world would cause that?
"You're a prefect? Oh Ronnie! That's everyone in the family!"
"What are Fred and I? Next door neighbours?"
It looks like it's working now.
Usually Fatalerro_notconnected means the script can't get to the mysql database. More times than not it's the webhosts problem. They may have to reboot the mysql server (I've had to have them do that once with a forum I have running on a different website). Or they may be updating software at the time you are trying to connect.
If this happens a lot, contact your webhost and see what they say.
barb
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Mucking around in eFiction since circa 2001 (ver. 1.0)
Now running v.3
I'd suspect the mySQL server that's running on the machine where your site is hosted. It could be the intermittent errors are caused by some overloading- I don't know the structure of how you're hosted, but I'm going to assume it's shared servers like most hosts...I don't know if they have it set up to kick or refuse connections at certain points.
I'd make an inquiry to your host, tell them you've noticed intermittent connection problems to the mySQL database and see if they can't do something.
Hello
The problem is because some dabatase connections blocked the server, and hangs the application.
I have a VPS and 512 of guarantee RAM but I had to edit some queries to solve the issue.
More information at:
https://efiction.org/forums/index.php?topic=5697.msg30806#msg30806
I just found out from some of my members, that there have been other errors popping up instead of just that one.
Notice: Undefined variable: oldfeat in /home/fosffnet/public_html/stories.php on line 684
Notice: Undefined variable: valid in /home/fosffnet/public_html/viewstory.php on line 297
Notice: Undefined variable: chapid in /home/fosffnet/public_html/viewstory.php on line 312
Notice: Undefined variable: chapid in /home/fosffnet/public_html/viewstory.php on line 313
Notice: Undefined variable: chapid in /home/fosffnet/public_html/viewstory.php on line 317
Notice: Undefined variable: chapid in /home/fosffnet/public_html/viewstory.php on line 318
Notice: Undefined variable: inorder in /home/fosffnet/public_html/viewstory.php on line 332
Notice: Undefined variable: inorder in /home/fosffnet/public_html/viewstory.php on line 332
Notice: Undefined index: categoryblock in /home/fosffnet/public_html/includes/class.TemplatePower.inc.php on line 706
Notice: Undefined index: categoryblock in /home/fosffnet/public_html/includes/class.TemplatePower.inc.php on line 713
Notice: Undefined index: categoryblock in /home/fosffnet/public_html/includes/class.TemplatePower.inc.php on line 701
Notice: Undefined index: categoryblock in /home/fosffnet/public_html/includes/class.TemplatePower.inc.php on line 701
Notice: Undefined index: in /home/fosffnet/public_html/includes/class.TemplatePower.inc.php on line 701
Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: User fosffnet_Tsula has already more than 'max_user_connections' active connections in /home/fosffnet/public_html/includes/mysql_functions.php on line 8
They all seem to clear themselves up after awhile, but I really want to fix it so they never show up. c,c
And there is one that doesn't clear up, it's a problem with the categories.. I should probably make a new post for it, but I will add it here just in case someone can help me with it.
Anyway, one of my members said this:
I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but there's an error when trying to look at challenges. If you have the name of the challenge attached to a story, you can click on the challenge and it pops up, no problem. But if you go to a certain series, say Harry Potter, for example, and click the challenges link at the top of the page, it gives an error. I've been trying to see this challenge from a while back, and want to respond, but I can't seem to get to find the challenge. o.o; It's been bugging me. It always comes up, and it's not that the page doesn't show; it does. Perfectly. The error is displayed on a regular page.
Any help with any of these problems will be greatly appreciated.
"You're a prefect? Oh Ronnie! That's everyone in the family!"
"What are Fred and I? Next door neighbours?"
To get rid of the notices, turn off debugging. You shouldn't have that on all the time...just when you are trying to diagnose a problem.
The max_user_connections error is a server error. You need to contact them about it.
Check in the bug forum about the challenges. I think it's already been reported.
