Sql errors

not sure when or why but noticed this sql error, any ideas?

i can still post and everything seems ok, but takes awhile to post, and when it does this is what i get. the lost connection thing is the problem?

WordPress database error: [Lost connection to MySQL server during query]
SHOW TABLES LIKE ‘wp_tla_data’

WordPress database error: [MySQL server has gone away]
SHOW TABLES;

WordPress database error: [MySQL server has gone away]
CREATE TABLE wp_tla_data ( id int(10) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, url TEXT NOT NULL, text TEXT NOT NULL, before_text TEXT NOT NULL, after_text TEXT NOT NULL, rss_text TEXT NOT NULL, rss_before_text TEXT NOT NULL, rss_after_text TEXT NOT NULL, rss_prefix VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT ”, PRIMARY KEY (id) ) TYPE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=1

WordPress database error: [MySQL server has gone away]
SHOW TABLES;

WordPress database error: [MySQL server has gone away]
CREATE TABLE wp_tla_rss_map ( post_id INT( 10 ) UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT ‘0’, advertisement TEXT NOT NULL , PRIMARY KEY ( post_id ) ) TYPE = MYISAM

WordPress database error: [MySQL server has gone away]
SELECT * FROM wp_tla_data

WordPress database error: [MySQL server has gone away]
SELECT * FROM wp_tla_rss_map ORDER BY post_id DESC LIMIT 10

WordPress database error: [MySQL server has gone away]
INSERT IGNORE INTO wp_tla_rss_map SET post_id = ’87’, advertisement = ”

WordPress database error: [MySQL server has gone away]
INSERT INTO wp_postmeta (post_id,meta_key,meta_value) VALUES (’87’,’_pingme’,’1′)

WordPress database error: [MySQL server has gone away]
INSERT INTO wp_postmeta (post_id,meta_key,meta_value) VALUES (’87’,’_encloseme’,’1′)

WordPress database error: [MySQL server has gone away]
SELECT ID FROM wp_posts WHERE TRIM(to_ping) != ” LIMIT 1

WordPress database error: [MySQL server has gone away]
SELECT post_id FROM wp_postmeta WHERE meta_key = ‘_pingme’ OR meta_key = ‘_encloseme’ LIMIT 1

WordPress database error: [MySQL server has gone away]
UPDATE wp_posts SET post_parent = 87 WHERE post_parent = -1175174741