Error Message

[popsky]

Hi Paul, I keep getting this rather annoying error message, can anything be done to fix it?

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[Paul]

I'm on the case with the hosting company...

[popsky]

[mh374]

Still getting this message frequently and getting a tad annoying.

General Error
SQL ERROR [ mysqli ]

MySQL server has gone away [2006]

An sql error occurred while fetching this page. Please contact an administrator if this problem persists.

[ianc53]

Thanks for sorting it all out Paul.

[mh374]

Fault still persists.....

[Paul]

It looks like we are under a Denial of Service attack. I just cleared out 700 new accounts on the site registered this month, with 35 of those registered today before 7:00 AM... not sure how to stop that, other than changing our security question for new account creation.

[jeznewsome]

Thanks for keeping the site working Paul

[simon]

It looks like we are under a Denial of Service attack. I just cleared out 700 new accounts on the site registered this month, with 35 of those registered today before 7:00 AM... not sure how to stop that, other than changing our security question for new account creation.

Hello Paul, what about fronting with a free cloudflare account? https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/plans/

[Paul]

Thanks Simon, I'll look into that.

Cheers,

Paul

[Paul]

The site seems a lot more stable since I changed the registration validation. Is anyone still getting those "MySQL server has gone away" error messages?

Cheers,

Paul

[popsky]

Hi Paul I had it this afternoon sorry, been happening every couple of visits to the site

[Blackal]

You maybe have to clear your cookies?

Try using Chrome 'incognito' mode which should ignore all profile/cookies.

[mh374]

Yes, still a frequent occurrence.

[popsky]

Cheers Al, I’ve tried the delete cookies, I shall report back in a couple of days