Thanks Michael.
If anyone can explain a little better what Apache::DBI and mod_perl are
doing, or should be doing at this point, that may be helpful. I have been
testing a little more and found that no errors will appear unless I am
actually doing something with the connections. If I just initiate the
persistent connections the first time the scripts run, and never touch them,
they appear to stay alive (or at least restart properly) without generating
errors.
If I do queries against the connections, they will start to generate these
errors starting about 15 mins after Apache startup (with about 100-150 httpd
processes running at any given time). The errors will become more and more
frequent after they start, which leads me to believe that when the
connection goes bad in an httpd process, it doesn't correct itself. I also
have two other Apache::DBI connections to a MySQL server running in the same
connect sub which never have a problem.
Here is the exact complete error log in sequence from the time I started
Apache until I shut it down. The first error appeared about 15 mins after
restart. The rest happened within about a minute after the first one.
--- Apache startup
ct_cmd_alloc failed at /home/httpd/uoboards/cgi-bin/w3t.pm line 1322.
DBD::Sybase::st execute failed: OpenClient message: LAYER = (1) ORIGIN = (1)
SEVERITY = (1) NUMBER = (50)
Message String: ct_cmd_alloc(): user api layer: external error: The
connection has been marked dead.
ct_cmd_alloc failed at
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/sun4-solaris/DBD/Sybase.pm line 159.
DBD::Sybase::db ping failed: OpenClient message: LAYER = (5) ORIGIN = (3)
SEVERITY = (5) NUMBER = (6)
Message String: ct_cancel(): network packet layer: internal net library
error: Net-Library operation terminated due to disconnect
ct_cmd_alloc failed at
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/sun4-solaris/DBD/Sybase.pm line 159.
DBD::Sybase::db ping failed: OpenClient message: LAYER = (5) ORIGIN = (3)
SEVERITY = (5) NUMBER = (6)
Message String: ct_cancel(): network packet layer: internal net library
error: Net-Library operation terminated due to disconnect
ct_cmd_alloc failed at
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/sun4-solaris/DBD/Sybase.pm line 159.
DBD::Sybase::db ping failed: OpenClient message: LAYER = (5) ORIGIN = (3)
SEVERITY = (5) NUMBER = (6)
Message String: ct_cancel(): network packet layer: internal net library
error: Net-Library operation terminated due to disconnect
DBD::Sybase::db ping failed: OpenClient message: LAYER = (1) ORIGIN = (1)
SEVERITY = (1) NUMBER = (60)
Message String: ct_cancel(CONN,ALL): user api layer: external error: There
is a usage error. This routine has been called at an illegal time.
OpenClient message: LAYER = (1) ORIGIN = (1) SEVERITY = (1) NUMBER = (60)
Message String: ct_close(FORCE): user api layer: external error: There is a
usage error. This routine has been called at an illegal time.
DBD::Sybase::db ping failed: OpenClient message: LAYER = (1) ORIGIN = (1)
SEVERITY = (1) NUMBER = (60)
Message String: ct_cancel(CONN,ALL): user api layer: external error: There
is a usage error. This routine has been called at an illegal time.
OpenClient message: LAYER = (1) ORIGIN = (1) SEVERITY = (1) NUMBER = (60)
Message String: ct_close(FORCE): user api layer: external error: There is a
usage error. This routine has been called at an illegal time.
DBD::Sybase::db ping failed: OpenClient message: LAYER = (1) ORIGIN = (1)
SEVERITY = (1) NUMBER = (60)
Message String: ct_cancel(CONN,ALL): user api layer: external error: There
is a usage error. This routine has been called at an illegal time.
OpenClient message: LAYER = (1) ORIGIN = (1) SEVERITY = (1) NUMBER = (60)
Message String: ct_close(FORCE): user api layer: external error: There is a
usage error. This routine has been called at an illegal
--- shutdown occurs here
syb_db_disconnect(): ct_con_drop() failed
syb_db_disconnect(): ct_con_drop() faile
Thanks
It seems that once processes start getting reused, I wind up with a ton
of
DB error messages in my error_log.
They seem to start like this:
ct_cmd_alloc failed at
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/sun4-solaris/DBD/Sybase.pm line 159.
DBD::Sybase::db ping failed: OpenClient message: LAYER = (5) ORIGIN = (3)
SEVERITY = (5) NUMBER = (6)
Message String: ct_cancel(): network packet layer: internal net library
error: Net-Library operation terminated due to disconnect
I'm not familiar with Apache::DBI, so I don't know exactly in what
situation it calls ping()... In this case it looks like ping fails (ie
the connection to the server has been killed) but the sequence of
calls that follow is incorrect.
What is happening on the user end at this time - 500s? Any insight would
be
incredibly helpful at this point.
I think there's a good chance of 500s, but maybe not. It's possible
that these are internal warnings, and that the initial failed ping()
causes a database reconnect and
