Hi Steffen,
this is probably something to do with ensembl apache settings regarding
maxconnections or maxclients.
The best is to post this to ensembl help desk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
syed
On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 09:39 -0700, Steffen wrote:
> Dear,
>
> The last couple of days I get the following error from the BioMart web
> service, using the Ensembl BioMart:
>
> Query ERROR: caught BioMart::Exception::Database: Could not connect to
> mysql database ensembl_mart_49: DBI
> connect('database=ensembl_mart_49;host=martdb.ensembl.org;port=5316','anonymous',...)
>
> failed: Too many connections at
> /ebi/www/biomart/www/biomart-perl-06/lib/BioMart/Configuration/DBLocation.pm
> line 98
>
> If I try the same query a few moments later it usually works.
>
> Cheers,
> Steffen
>