I have some further information about the problem I'm having. To refresh: certain queries that used to work on my old server are now failing, giving me the error: ERROR 2013: Lost connection to MySQL server during query TO test the problem, I enabled logging, and was keeping an eye on my log file. Every time I try to execute this query, the mysql server mysteriously restarts. I don't know if that helps or not, but I have tried updating just about every variable I can think of, including: max_allowed_packet net_buffer_length sort_buffer tmp_table_size I set all of these variables incredibly high just to see if they were causing the problem, and they were not. Please, does anyone have any idea? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php