Title: Error when posting comments
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Error when posting comments

 *  [Will Taft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wt/)
 * (@wt)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-posting-comments-1/)
 * Just today I started having the following problem with my SQL database. I talked
   to my host (GoDaddy), and they said my queries were timing out and that I needed
   to “re-index” or “index” my tables, whatever that is. Does that seem right?
 * When I post a comment, I get the SQL error that says “Lost Connection to MySQL
   database”. Host says it was timing out and that I must have a problem with my
   tables. I timed the posting and it is about 15 or 20 seconds before the error
   pops up. Is that long enough to “time out’? If I try posting the comment again,
   sometimes 2 or 3 times, it will eventually get posted. My site is small with 
   89 posts and 269 comments. I am on shared hosting, but the host says there are
   no issues with the server. They do say I could upgrade to a dedicated server,
   but of course that is more money.
 * I did “optimize” 11 tables using phpMyAdmin.
 * Any suggestions? If indexing is suggested, how do I do that using phpMyAdmin?
 * Thanks!
    [http://willtaft.com/blog/](http://willtaft.com/blog/)

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 *  Thread Starter [Will Taft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wt/)
 * (@wt)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-posting-comments-1/#post-643364)
 * I had forgotten about the issue detailed months ago in the below thread. I had
   fixed the wp-db.php file in 2.1. I am thinking that now that I have upgraded,
   I needed to fix the one that comes with 2.3 also. I have done it and will see
   if this resolves the problem.
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/110182?replies=36](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/110182?replies=36)

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 * Last activity: [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-posting-comments-1/#post-643364)
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