Tried increasing the "wait_timeout" variable and restart the instance?
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/gone-away.html Let us know - 1) your my.ini settings. 2) the options you are giving while taking the dump. Regards, Uma On 11/17/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Uma, > > > Actually I did that about three time. I had it set for 32 megs to > start and bumped it all the way up to 256 megs with the same results > or no difference that I could tell. > > -- > Best regards, > mikesz mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >