For month now I have been plagued by the "Lost connection to MySQL server during query" in a Perl program of mine that connects locally to /tmp/mysql.sock.
Having taken everything apart, I have narrowed it down to this line: $sth = $dbh -> prepare ("SELECT concat(newsgroup, ' ', stop, ' ', start, ' ', flags) FROM newsgroups WHERE local <> 'y' ORDER BY newsgroup ASC"); Whenever it fails, around 3 out of 10 times, it fails in this query. This query only returns a small amount of data, around 20 newsgroups or so. I see nothing wrong with this query, and most of the times it executes just fine. Could someone please tell me what I am doing wrong here? Why, when it fails, would it fail here?? Thanks! - Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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