MYSQL :: "Too Many Connection Errors" MySQL Status

How To Stop "many Connection Errors"
I am making a search form using php and the tables will be filled using a visual basic 6 program

Today I just got this error,
Could not connect: Host 'IP' is blocked because of many connection errors; unblock with 'mysqladmin flush-hosts'

but when I used this command I found I do not have the previlages:
mysqladmin: refresh failed; error: 'Access denied; you need the RELOAD privilege for this operation'

I am using shared hosting, so what can I do in both PHP and visual basic to stop those errors.

Relations In "CASCADE", "SET NULL", "NO ACTION", "RESTRICT", "--" ?
what do they mean to set the relations of a Foreign KEY in "CASCADE", "SET NULL", "NO ACTION", "RESTRICT", "--" ?

What Privileges Need A User To Run "SHOW SLAVE STATUS" ?
i use mysql 4.1.22
i need to create an user who must have rights to run only "SHOW SLAVE STATUS" query.
from online documentation i wasn't able to find what privilege i must grant to this user to be able to do only this query.

Limiting Fields In "show Table Status"
show table status like "products";

Sometimes this is too much information and I was looking for a way in MySQL to select only the columns you wanted to see like you could do with a select.

I know I can use PHP or Perl to parse this and output only what you want but wanted to see if there was a fairly easy
way to do so in MySQL. For example if I wanted to see the
Name, Rows, and Auto_increment fields only.

Help Me About Error "MySQL AB :: MySQL 3.23, 4.0, 4.1 Reference Manual :: A Errors"
As I was uploading my file to the data base, thi meaasge shows "MySQL AB :: MySQL 3.23, 4.0, 4.1 Reference Manual :: A Errors",

Single Query For No Of Hits "Today", "This Month", "This Year"
Is it possible to construct a single query that fetches the no of pageviews "today", "this month", "this year" and "total since start"?

The table is very simple, one field for Date (YYYY-MM-DD) and one for the no of pageviews this day.

If not, would it be much slower/faster to divide the query into 4 different queries?

Encountering 2013 Error ("Lost Connection To MySQL Server...")
I have a nightly job that performs backups on my MySQL servers. There are three production MySQL instances on different machines. My backups have been running successfully for months (until now).

However, on last night's backups for one instance, a couple of database/schemas (appear to have) backed up successfully, but the larger schemas failed, as follows:

=======================================
Backup of schema dhunt was successful in 0 seconds
Backup of schema mysql was successful in 0 seconds
Backup of schema support_appl was successful in 0 seconds
Error: Backup of schema support_dict was not successful (1115 seconds):
mysqldump: Got error: 2013: Lost connection to MySQL server during query when retrieving data from server
Error: Backup of schema test was not successful (0 seconds):
mysqldump: Got error: 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) when trying to connect
=======================================

I re-ran the backup cron job with the same results. Does anyone have any troubleshooting suggestions?

"Lost Connection To MySQL Server During Query"
Bog standard SuSE 8.2 Linux install.

I have installed mySQL (off the SuSE 8.2 distro CDs). I can connect locally,
e.g:

bealzebub> mysql -u root -p mysql -h localhost

....logs me in just fine. However, this:

bealzebub> mysql -u root -p mysql -h bealzebub

....causes the connection to fail with: "ERROR 2013: Lost connection to MySQL
server during query". Its the same if I try to log in from another machine.

"Lost Connection To MySQL Server During Query"
Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me with this.

Bog standard SuSE 8.2 Linux install.

I have installed mySQL (off the SuSE 8.2 distro CDs). I can connect locally,
e.g:

bealzebub> mysql -u root -p mysql -h localhost

....logs me in just fine. However, this:

bealzebub> mysql -u root -p mysql -h bealzebub

....causes the connection to fail with: "ERROR 2013: Lost connection to MySQL
server during query". Its the same if I try to log in from another machine.

Anyone?

"external" MySQL Server MsAccess Connection
I do have rented server space (webhosting) with 3 MySQL databases and a standard URL (e.g. www.1234567.ch).

Is it possible to connect to this "external" server with MsAccess?
If yes how?

REQ: MySQL 4.0 Equivilent Of "DateDiff("m", Date, Now())=1"
I have a query that works in the rest of the SQL world

"SELECT invoice.*, invoice.Date
FROM invoice
WHERE (DateDiff("m", Date, Now())=1);"

which will give me all of last month's invoices.

However it doesn't work with MySQL 4.0.

While

"SELECT
Invoice.*
FROM
invoice
WHERE
(Month(Invoice.Date) = ((Month(Now()))-1))"

Is a close substituent, it will blowup in January.

Anyone have an equivalent expression for MySQL 4.0?

Control Center "lost Connection..." And ByteFX
I'm currently trying to move from MS SQLServer to MySQL, running on
windows XP.

When trying to connect to mysql on localhost with mysql control center
I get the 2013-error "Lost connection to MySQL server during query".

I can connect from command line. If I do so, and change passwords by
using OLD_PASSWORD('<password>'), control center runs nicely, but then
ByteFX fails to connect with "Access denied for user...".

If I set the passwords with PASSWORD('<password>'), ByteFX runs
nicely, but Control Center fails.

What Is The Meaning Of The Letters "AB" In "MySQL AB"?
What does "AB" stand for in "MySQL AB".

Searching For Numbers - "close To" Or "approximate"
I would like to know how to search a table for records where a particular field is "close to" a particular number.

For instance, let's say I have a table containing students and their most recent test scores. I'd like to see students who scored 7/10. That's easy enough (select * from table where score = 7). I'd also like to run another query to identify other students whose scores are not 7 but "close to" 7. Ie students who scored 6 or 8.

As an added bonus, I'd like to be able to do a related search that shows students who scored 7, then shows the other students ordered by how "close" they are to 7. Ie students who scored 6 or 8 are "closest" matches, and students who scored 1 are "furthest". I hope this makes sense!

Is there any pre-existing MySQL command that will do this? Or will I have to run separate queries for each value?

Value "000" Stored As "0" In Text Field?
I've managed to import my data from a CSV using SQLyog Enterprise, however, I have a problem with the table storing the text value "000", MySQL truncates it to "0", unfortunately, I need the value to be stored as "000", does anyone know of any way that I can force the field to store all the characters, rather than treating it as a number? Surely a text field should treat any numbers stored within it as text?

Return A "true" Or "false"
i wanna do a "select", where if the script finds any matches, i dont wanna know about them. Instead, i just want it to return a a value: true (1) ou false (0).

ie.:

$sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * FROM maps WHERE name='algo' LIMIT 1");
$sth->execute();

if (match is true) {
print "True Match. A match was found";
}
else {
print "False Match. No matches were found.";
}

"Group By" Forgets "Order By"
I'm trying to build a simple RSS reader for a client and am running into some serious problems with the GROUP BY in MySQL. Basically I have two tables: one that holds all the entries and one that holds all the feeds. Then what I can do is say:
[MYSQL]SELECT * FROM entries WHERE feed_id='13' ORDER BY date DESC[/MYSQL]
That will select all the entries that belong to feed #13. This is fine, but what I'm doing now is building a library that will display the feed_id with the latest entry with that id. So I would think it would be something like the following:
[MYSQL]SELECT * FROM entries GROUP BY feed_id ORDER BY date DESC[/MYSQL]
That should get me the single latest entry from each feed_id. However it's forgetting the ORDER BY clause all together and seemingly ordering it by the auto-incrememnt value in the entries field.

REGEXP To Find "foo-bar" And "foo Bar"
Does somebody know how to solve this:

select * form geo,places where geo.name = places.name

Where geo.name could be New York
and geo.places could be New-York

Maximum Execution Time Of 300 Seconds Exceeded (was "MYSQL Error")
I have a huge database 400mb+ in size which i have exported into a .sql file. I tried to run this export script into a new database and it runs fine until three quarters into the scripts execution and the following error appears:

ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ' 
Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 300 seconds exceeded in <b' at li ne 1
I believe this error may relate to "delayed_insert_timeout = 300". How do I increase this limit in mysql - maybe it may solve the problem but then again it may not .

Any advice is most gratefully appreciated - As you can imagine if the script runs fine for 3/4 of it and then an error appears, stating the error is on line 1, it will take me days to go through the whole script (hundreds of thousands of rows) to find the error as I assume the error does not reside on line 1 as this line would have been executed.

I am running the script on mysql 5, and via source /path/****.sql on linux.

Store Web Site Club Registration Data (was "MySQL Question")
I am working on a website for a club. One thing that they want included in the site is a way for people to register online for the club and their services and for this information to be put into a database for the owners to view. Is this something that I can do with MySQL?

Batch Mode Feedback Of "mysql" Command Line Tool
while writing a bash shell script to backup some databases and I am having slight problems with the mysql command line tool's feedback.

Here goes command line:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
mysql -ubackup -e "UPDATE `mydb`.`sysvar` SET `val`='backup' WHERE `var`='updateState' AND `val`='0';"

The backspaces are nescessary for the shell, otherwise it'd interpret whatever is inclosed in --> ` <--- as command.

The problem is, I need to know wether a line has changed or not. The command always returns 0 (that is a success in Unix/Linux) if it was successfully executed, no matter wether or not a line had been changed, and produces no output at all.

Could anyone tell me how I get that info?

"supplied Argument Is Not A Valid MySQL Result Resource" Error
i am getting this error with the following code:

$query = "SELECT title, firstname, surname, address1, address2, address3, postcode,"
."tel, mobile, email"
."FROM user"
."WHERE username='$valid_user'";

us.skill_id=s.skill_id"

$result=mysql_query($query);
$num_rows=mysql_num_rows($result);
$row=mysql_fetch_array($result);

The error is referring ot the last 2 lines of this script.

Linking Stores With Products (was "MySQL Dificult Code")
I have a MySQL database dificult (for me anyway..).
I have a ecommerce site with a table of products.
Now I want to create a new table with a list of stores where clients can find near home those products. In a limit situation I can have a list of all products indexed in one store (and the products list is increasing everyday, the same with the list of store...). I want this feature to be capable of introdution of new products in a store that already as several products.
My idea is to develop 3 tables:

Products
+----+-----------+--------------+
| id | name | description |
+----+-----------+--------------+
| 1 | xxxxx | aasa... |
| 2 | vvvvvv | asasasasas... |
+----+-----------+--------------+

Stores
+----+-------------------+-----------+
| id | store | address |
+----+-------------------+----------+
| 1 | aaaaa | street1... |
| 2 | bbbbbb | street2... |
+----+-------------------+-----------+

Linking stores with products
+----+-------------------+-------------+
| id | store id | products id |
+----+-------------------+-------------+
| 1 | 1 | 1;2 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 |
+----+-------------------+-------------+

Can I implement this in MySQL? I mean how can (if I can) place several ids in a field? and how can I do the query in order to list the products inside a store?
Hope that I made my self clear. If not please do not hesitate to request further information.

What Is Execution Time Of A Query Based On? (was "a Mysql Question")
when selecting data from the database, does the time taken to retrieve it vary from 56k connections to T3 connections? or does it all depends ont he general server speed/amount of connections on the db?

im not sure if ive explained that in the best way for people to understand
but im sure someone will get what i mean

Adjacent Theater Seats (was "mySQL Query Issue")
Having not been working with more than a simple SELECT * from table query, I am having a few issues when it comes to using more complex queries.

I am currently using a query to select seats from a database using the following query:

$query1 = mysql_query("SELECT struct.seatid, struct.row, struct.seatnum FROM seats as seat LEFT JOIN structure as struct USING (seatid) WHERE seat.showtimeid=".(int) $_GET['id']." && seat.available = Ƈ' && seat.timelimit < $minutes2 ORDER BY seat.seatid ASC");
For each record that is selected I want to check if either of the seats either side of it are also selected, if not then it is not to be shown.

I have added a while loop below the above query and run another query following it (not sure if that makes sense, so I will paste it below!)

while($rows = mysql_fetch_assoc($query1)){

$minusseat = $rows[seatid] - 1;
$plusseat = $rows[seatid] + 1;

$queryminusseat = mysql_query("SELECT * from seats LEFT JOIN structure WHERE seat.showtimeid=".(int) $_GET['id']." && seat.available = Ƈ' && seat.seatid == $minusseat && seat.timelimit < $minutes2");

$num_rows = mysql_num_rows($queryminusseat)or die(mysql_error());

echo "$num_rows";

//if($minusnum > 0){
//echo "$minusseat " . $rows[seatid] ." $plusseat ";
//} else {
//echo "$minusseat " . $rows[seatid] ." $plusseat ";
//}

}
The code above is used below the initial query and the following error is being displayed:

Quote:

Warning: mysql_num_rows(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in C:Program Filesxampphtdocsprojectprototype1 ickets.php on line 154
You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'WHERE seat.showtimeid=1 && seat.available = Ƈ' && seat.seatid == 1 && seat.time' at line 1

How Can I "see" A Table In A Database On A Remote MySQL Server After Creating It
I used the following SQL to create a new table in a database on
a remote MySQL server by copying one already there. I know the
table exists SOMEWHERE in cyberspace. I can read its data, write
to it, delete from it. But I cannot see it. The only way I know it
exists is by running this SQL from Access 97 pass through query:

SELECT ALL new_tbl.name FROM new_tbl

The database resides on a MySQL server that was created with
a single table (named test) in it for testing purposes. I ran the
following SQL to create another copy of the table in the same
database named: new_tbl

CREATE TABLE new_tbl SELECT * FROM test;

I cannot see the new table in the Access 97 database window
under the Tables Tab. Anybody know how to overcome this?

Its a severe drawback to programming efforts not to KNOW what
tables are in your database.

Multi-table UPDATE Problem (was "mysql Question")
$sql = "UPDATE char_lair , char_main m SET l.zip_id='$zip',
l.lair_addr='$address', m.alias='$alias', m.real_name='$name',
m.align='$align' WHERE m.id = $cid AND m.lair_id = l.id";

I am using mysql v.3.23, I got error in this code but can't find the solution.
The message displayed in browser is:
---------------------------------------------------
UPDATE char_lair , char_main USING char_lair l, char_main m SET l.zip_id='z3', l.lair_addr='a3', m.alias='ch3', m.real_name='rn3', m.align='good' WHERE m.id = 2 AND m.lair_id = l.idYou have an error in your SQL syntax near ' char_main USING char_lair l, char_main m SET l.zip_id='z3', l.lair_addr='a3'' at line 1
=========================================
Is there any syntax error?

Compare 2 Tables And Find Rows Which Don't Match (was "Mysql Noob Question")
I have a products table and a products_description table. They both have products_id as primary key. However, products_description table has more products_id keys then the products table. How do i compare the 2 tables and show just the products_id that dont match from products_descripition table?

SELECT products.products_id, products_description.products_id FROM products, products_description WHERE products.products_id != products_description.products_id;

I tried that query but got some wierd results and also the results gave me 2 columns when I just want one.

Error: MySQL Client Ran Out Of Memory (was "Urgently Need Help")
I'm having a big trouble with this query
select *, UNIX_TIMESTAMP(date_submitted) as postedon,
UNIX_TIMESTAMP(DATE_ADD(date_submitted,
INTERVAL auction_period DAY)) as expiry
from
bidsnbuys_products
where
approved='yes'
It works before but lately we've got a huge records and if
our customers search a product it will give them an error,
I even tested by myself and the error is

MySQL client ran out of memory
Is there a better mysql query with my query above?

Help! MySQL DB Transfer Is Adding "�" To The End Of Some Sentences
I'm transferring databases from one hosting account to another and my transfer seems to be adding little squares to the end of some sentences but not all. the squares look like "lower.�" You can see an example at http://www.alohaupdate.com/2007/02/2...ents-a-gallon/.
If you can't see the squares, give it an hour. I switched hosts as mentioned and it's taking the full 24-48 to propogate around the world.
The old host is using MySQL version 4.0.27 and the new one is using 4.1.21, should transfer nicely. I've done version 4 to version 5 before just using the INSERT functions and this never was a problem.
I don't even know what that thing is.

Unchecking The Enable TCP/IP Option (was "Mysql Problem")
I have had a problem with Mysql so I downloaded it again but after configuring it would not start so reconfigured and unchecked the enable TCP/IP box in the networking options and Mysql worked fine. But canâ€™t get PHP to connect so I think the enable TCP/IP box should be ticked. So I thought I would do better with a complete re start. I have removed and reloaded several times but the same problem occurs every time.

User_id And Password Error? (was "mysql Query")
Following Query right or not

$sql = "SELECT * FROM login WHERE user_id = ".$username." AND password = ".$passwd."";

if error then point out error

Error Importing The .sql File (was "MySQL Problem")
I ahve just exported about 8-10 of my tables from one database into a .sql file and then tried importing the .sql file into phpmyadmin on my local localhost serer and am getting this error?

You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=18 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1

INSERT INTO `atm_areas` ' at line 22

Why?

Change Premiums Currently 0 And Make Them 1 (was "MySQL Question")
I need to make a change in my database but I am not sure of the query to run. I am using PHPmyAdmin to do the work so bear with me on this one.

I need to change 115 Rows in a column called premium. They are all curently set to 0 I need to make them all 1's with out going one at a time.

is this possible and how do I accomplish this?

Please Explain MySQL Distinct Table Types (was "Where To Use ?")
These are the MySQL distinct table types.

MyISAM
MERGE
ISAM
HEAP
InnoDB
BDB or BerkeleyDB Tables

so please anyone help me to find out the use of each n every type.
it will be very helpfull for me if you people can provide simple meanings rather than technical.
For Ex : why to use MERGE over HEAP or something like this
Your help is most welcome

Next And Prev DisplayOrder Values (was "Help With MySQL Query")
I have a table 'Album' containing columns 'PageID' and 'DisplayOrder' (both INT).
On each page that is displayed I want to have 'previous' and 'next' links to other pages, which are arranged via the DisplayOrder column.

At the moment I'm doing this in 2 separate queries:

SELECT DisplayOrder FROM Album WHERE PageID = $currentPage
$currentNo = [result of last query]
SELECT PageID FROM Album WHERE DisplayOrder IN ($currentNo-1, $currentNo+1)
Highly simplified but you get the idea. Would it be possible to combine this into one query?

Script To Change All Columns (was "mysql Query")
I have a table. I need to make some changes like change column name, change int() to var() etc. So I want to write a query that alter all the columns of the table then the data which were in the database before can be reinserted.

Files "-bin.xxx" Created In Mysql/data Subdirectory
I'm using an old version of Mysql : 3.23.58
In this version (may be it is the same in the latest one) some files named :<machine>-bin.001 , 002, 003, ... are created some times to times in the mysql/data subdirectory.

Is somebody have some information about these files ?
What are they including ?
When are they created ?
Can I remove them ?

Getting Dreamweaver 8 To Work With MySQL: The "Unidentified Error"
I set up MySQL on my Macintosh at my job (G4 / OSX 10.3.9) 3 days ago, along with PHP --

all went fine, & I got MySQL started, a DB set up -- until I tried to connect Dreamweaver to it I go to connect to the DB in Dreamweaver 8, and when I try to set up the DB in the "databases" tab and click on the "database" field I get :

"An unidentified error has occurred" Code:

"Host Not Allowed To Connect To This MySQL Server"
I just recently installed Fedora Core 4 and was just messing around with the MySQL server, I tried using mysql-administrator to connect to the server and i get this strange error "#HY000Host '192.168.1.104' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server", I saw mysqlaccess and tried granting myself access to this server but i still get the same error while trying to connect!? Any thoughts?

Bugzilla: MySQL Returns "Got Error 127..."
Our bugzilla database started giving this error during last week sometime. "Got error 127 from table handle". I Googled it, and came to believe that "repairing" and "optimizing" the table should sort out my problem, only to be shocked to see that over 10 000 records have been deleted by the repair/optimise. You see, this is not an option. We have over 18 000 bugs logged on our system, and as an organising our size, we need to comply to certain SAS70 requirements. Losing 10 000 records on our bugs database will fail the entire organisation the SAS70 reward, and guess what... it's on my plate, and if I can't do anything about it... people will talk bad about me for long after I've left the company.

I understand that the table records has gone corrupt. How it went corrupt I don't know and why it was working fine with over 10 000 corrputed records for the last 2 years, I also don't know. But right now it's not my job to understand it... I need to fix it, and keep every record in tact.

I've done a restore of the data all the way back to the day just before it crashed. When I ran a repair and optimize then, it did the same thing... over 10 000 records dissapear. PLEASE HELP. I am despirate!

The Big, Bad Thread Of "MySQL Best Practices And Other Useful Information"
I have purchased a Linux hosting. There is a mysql database and I am new in mysql.

Can any body help me?
1.How to create a database in mysql and connect with my site
2.Can I use mysql and asp.net.

Can any body send me tutorials or another example?

Pad ID Column With Leading Zeros (was "How To Do This In Mysql?")
in MS SQL 2000
I have a testing table in this table :
[ID] [int] IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL
and i think all tables have this column
so table Testing like this
------
ID
-----
1
2
3
4
5
....
10
11
....
100
101
-----

so i want a sql query for retrieving Item Code which is the ID in the comming format :
--------
ItemCode
--------
00001
00002
00003
00004
00005
...
00010
00011
....
00100
00101
....
------
and i make a query:
SELECT Replicate(Ɔ',5-DataLength(convert(varchar,ID)))+''+Convert(varchar,ID) As ItemCode FROM Testing

this query is working fine but i think that if the value of DataLength(convert(varchar,ID)) is more than 5 then the ItemCode is Null

And the major problem is how to convert this sql query into mysql query?

"Illegal Mix Of Collations" MySQL Error
What I am attempting to do with an SQL query is grab data from multiple tables for outputting to an Excel spreadsheet file using PHP. Each row should show details for each member, as queried from multiple tables (using the field 'PersonalID' as the primary/foreign key). The query I have is as follows:

SELECT tblcoreuser.PersonalID, tblcoreuser.usrForename AS Forename, tblcoreuser.usrSurname AS Surname, tblcoreuser.voucher AS Free_Status, tblcoreuser.Joined AS Date_Joined, tblcoreuser.Package AS Membership_Package, tbladdress.Address1, tbladdress.Address2, tbladdress.County, tbladdress.Postcode, tblcredits.numCredits AS Remaining_Credits

FROM tblcoreuser, tbladdress, tblcredits

WHERE tblcoreuser.PersonalID = tbladdress.PersonalID AND tblcoreuser.PersonalID = tblcredits.PersonalID

ORDER BY tblcoreuser.PersonalID DESC;
The error being returned is:

Illegal mix of collations (latin1_general_ci,IMPLICIT) and (latin1_swedish_ci,IMPLICIT) for operation '='

I've tried removing certain parts of the query, but cannot seem to pinpoint the exact cause of the problem. I'm sure I'm missing something simple -

I Get "Can't Connect To MySQL Server 'name' 10061" (sometimes)
We have a system that runs php5 and MySql 4.1. The apache and mysql servers are on the same in-house network but on different boxes.

If a number of users invoke a page which has multiple queries that access a DB table of about 1 million rows of about 40 times, then the user gets "Can't connect to MySQL server 'name' 10061. This happen very irregularly.

The server chokes and a few seconds later comes back to life. I searched for this and got a lot of hits where users donâ€™t have a connection at all. This is not the case.

- We have a SonicWall firewall, could the firewall think that itâ€™s an attack on a port, when that many connections are coming?
- I also checked dev.mysql.com and got a lot of info on 10061, but itâ€™s only those users who can't connect at all.

Intermittent "Can't Connect To MySQL Server"
Recently, I started getting small periods of intermittent connection errors about once every hour, lasting for about 1 to 5 minutes each time:
Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
'/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock'

I enabled the error log and did some other monitoring and established 2 things:
- the server doesn't crash/restart, it keeps running throughout the errors
- the errors do not match the load on the website, as sometimes when 500 users are online there are no errors, but when 300 are online they may by prolific

I checked many forums and then made 5 changes:
- changed the directory containing the mysql.sock file so only file owners or superusers can delete files from it
- I changed the default socket file setting in both my.cnf and php.ini
- I read about SELinux causing such a problem, so I disabled SELinux completely, rebooted the server and double-checked that it is indeed disabled.
- I changed the maximum amount of open files allowed by the operating system from 1024 to 30000.

Despite all these changes, I still get the errors. I then read that there is a workaround by using TCP/IP instead of the sock file. I tried that, but I still get the error intermittently in the form of:
Can't connect to MySQL server on 127.0.0.1

This is a extremely frustrating problem, it's been bugging us for weeks, anyone who can offer some help - it will be greatly appreciated!

MySQL server 4.1.20, PHP 4.3.9, client API 4.1.20, CentOS 4.3, Intel P4 2.8GHz 1GB RAM