Joseph Bueno wrote:
> Have you looked at mysql error log file on the server ?
Where would I find that?
Derrell
>
> Derrell Durrett wrote:
> > Since I didn't get a response, I tried one of the suggestions here. See my
>response to
> > it below.
> >
> > Additionally, I've turned on the environment variables DBI_TRACE and
>PERL_DBI_DEBUG,
> > both to level '8'. This produces voluminous, but not particularly illuminating,
> > output. If anyone has a suggestion as to what I should be looking for in the
>output
> > that would indicate the source of the problem, please feel free to share that
> > information.
> >
> > If you have any additional suggestions as to things I should try I would be
>grateful.
> > FWIW, I have identified how to 'make the errors go away.' Unfortunately, this
>comes
> > solely from no longer performing the inserts into the database. That's not
>particularly
> > useful.
> >
> > Derrell Durrett wrote:
> >
> >
> >>walt wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Derrell Durrett wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I'm running server version: 3.22.32, on SunOS 5.6 Generic_105181-17.
> >>>>The code is perl 5.6.1, using DBI and DBD::mysql as the interface. We
> >>>>have code that prepares a group of statement handles for use in doing
> >>>>various queries and inserts in a loop that is executed anywhere from
> >>>>1-30000 times per use of this program. Another program drives this one,
> >>>>calling it about 150 times.
> >>>>
> >>>>Last week (after I filled the local hard disk on the server), we began
> >>>>to suffer disconnects from the database in these queries and inserts.
> >>>>There is no obvious pattern to the disconnections, and they appear at
> >>>>arbitrary times during the connections, but at approximately the same
> >>>>time for each set of data (some of the shorter datasets are inserted
> >>>>completely).
> >>>>
> >>>>The admin for this db is certain the problem is in the code. However
> >>>>I can't understand this since that code is unchanged.
> >>>>
> >>>>What should I look for, what should he look for, or what additional
> >>>>information do I need to supply in order to pursue resolving this issue?
> >>>
> >>>Derrell,
> >>>There are a few things I'd check.
> >>>2. In your perl code, are you running ->finish on each query?
> >>
> >>No. If I understand the docs correctly, finish is only useful when all data has
> >>been read from/written to the statement handle. As the program exits almost
> >>immediately when done with the batch of inserts/queries for a given dataset, this
> >>seems appears unnecessary. Is my understanding flawed?
> >
> >
> > I've now added these. There is no effect. By this I mean that the same errors
>continue
> > to occur, at the same location in the process. There is nothing unusual (that I
>can
> > see) in the output from DBI_TRACE.
> >
> >
> >>>4. What error message does perl give you from the db?
> >>
> >>"No Database Selected" is the most common one, though it occaisionally returns
>"Lost
> >>connection to MySQL server during query".
> >>
> >>
> >>>5. What is the load avg on the db and application server when query/update fails?
> >>
> >>Don't know. Not likely very high. The host is a Sun Ultra 2.
> >>
> >>
> >>>6. If the query or update fails, what happens if the perl app sleeps for a few
> >>>seconds and trys again?
> >>
> >>Haven't tried this, as it would result in unacceptably long-running programs.
> >
> >
> > I'm going to try to implement this next, even though it cannot be a part of the
> > production version. As the errors indicate that the statement handle doesn't
>connect to
> > the database any longer, I fail to see how that will produce different results,
>but I'm
> > getting desperate here.
> >
> > Derrell
> >
> > --
> > Derrell Durrett Xilinx, Inc. Productivity Engineering
> > Longmont, Colorado
> > 720.652.3843
> >
> >
> >
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Derrell Durrett Xilinx, Inc. Productivity Engineering
Longmont, Colorado
720.652.3843
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