> Have a look here: > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/gone-away.html
Gleb, Thanks for the response. The only one that seems to apply is this one: > You may also see the MySQL server has gone away error if > MySQL is started with the --skip-networking option. I do start mySQL without networking enabled - it's only accessible from the local machine (for security reasons). I can tell you for certain that the mySQL server is definitely not crashing itself - it chugs along happily without incident. Interestingly, I ran the backup command from my shell yesterday during the day (when the server is actually much more active) and the backup completed successfully. That one table took about 5 hours to back up though - I'm not sure if that is normal or not. Then last night's automated (unattended) backup completed successfully for the first time in a few days. Tim Gustafson MEI Technology Consulting, Inc [EMAIL PROTECTED] (516) 379-0001 Office (516) 908-4185 Fax http://www.meitech.com/
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