Title: Database Error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Database Error

 *  [jgallucci](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jgallucci/)
 * (@jgallucci)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-59/)
 * “Error Establishing Database Connection”
 * I get this intermittent error on my blog. I say intermittent because it happens
   probably 1/3 times I try to access my blog per day. I’ve unpacked my WordPress
   files into a subfolder www…com/blog. Would this cause an issue?

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 *  [lrhenals](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lrhenals/)
 * (@lrhenals)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-59/#post-1884835)
 * I have the same problem, I think its a WP 3.0.4 problem. See my case: [http://www.wordpress.org/support/topic/is-something-wrong-with-wp-304](http://www.wordpress.org/support/topic/is-something-wrong-with-wp-304)
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-59/#post-1884836)
 * Have you tried:
 * – deactivating **all** plugins to see if this resolves the problem? If this works,
   re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).
 * – switching to the Twenty Ten theme to rule out any theme-specific problems?
 * – [resetting the plugins folder](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F)
   by FTP or PhpMyAdmin? Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause
   problems.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-59/#post-1884837)
 * **[@lrhenals](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lrhenals/)**: It’s impolite
   to highjack another poster’s thread.
 *  Thread Starter [jgallucci](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jgallucci/)
 * (@jgallucci)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-59/#post-1884841)
 * I tried deactivating all my plugins to see, I’ve reactivated them one by one 
   and none of those are the problem. Plugins:
 * -Disqus Comment System
    -Img Title Removal -Page Links To -Custom Contacts Form(
   It may or may not be this one – this was the very last plugin that I installed,
   even though deactivating/reactivating it didn’t cause any changes)
 * I have switched back to the default theme, it is not theme specific.
 * I will try resetting the plugins folder, I have not tried that yet.
 *  [lrhenals](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lrhenals/)
 * (@lrhenals)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-59/#post-1884842)
 * Sorry I’m not hijacking…just trying to help, I think we have similar problems,
   don’t be rude!
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-59/#post-1884845)
 * It could just be a flakey server at your hosts’ end.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-59/#post-1884847)
 * [@lrhenals](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lrhenals/): Your problem is **
   not** the same.
 *  Thread Starter [jgallucci](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jgallucci/)
 * (@jgallucci)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-59/#post-1884848)
 * I was able to access a placeholder file on my main directory while the issue 
   was occurring, seems to be a WordPress isolated issue
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-59/#post-1884850)
 * That wouldn’t be diagnostic if the server in question was the MySQL server. My
   current guess is that the MySQL server may be the root of the problem.
 *  Thread Starter [jgallucci](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jgallucci/)
 * (@jgallucci)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-59/#post-1884852)
 * Ok, thanks. I’ll keep my eye on it then. I don’t know much about databases so
   if it keeps occurring more often I’ll contact my host.

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 * Last reply from: [jgallucci](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jgallucci/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-59/#post-1884852)
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