Urgent database error help needed

  • JimGR

    (@jimgr)


    13 years, 8 months ago

    Was getting an error thus:
    Error establishing a database connection

    After attempting an automatic WordPress repair, these errors remain:

    Truewp_usermeta: 1 client is using or hasn’t closed the table properly
    Truewp_postmeta: 2 clients are using or haven’t closed the table properly
    Truewp_terms: 1 client is using or hasn’t closed the table properly
    Truewp_term_taxonomy: 1 client is using or hasn’t closed the table properly
    Truewp_term_relationships: 1 client is using or hasn’t closed the table properly

    Really need some help here, waaaay out of my depth.

    Site is takeonecff[dot]com

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    13 years, 8 months ago

    Try:
    – switching to the Twenty Eleven theme by renaming your current theme’s folder inside wp-content/themes and adding “-old” to the end of the folder name using FTP or whatever file management application your host provides.

    – resetting the plugins folder by FTP or phpMyAdmin.

    Thread Starter JimGR

    (@jimgr)

    13 years, 8 months ago

    What do this errors mean exactly, out of interest?

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    13 years, 8 months ago

    Your theme or one of your plugins still has open connections to the database.

    Thread Starter JimGR

    (@jimgr)

    13 years, 8 months ago

    Did both of those, but same problem…

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    13 years, 8 months ago

    Do you have a recent database backup?

    Thread Starter JimGR

    (@jimgr)

    13 years, 8 months ago

    Only from after the problem happened, the other is at least 3 weeks and 80 posts or so ago. Can you replace individual tables?

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    13 years, 8 months ago

    No – I’m afraid you can’t 🙁 Have you spoken to your hosts about this? Are they perhaps experiencing problems at their end?

    Thread Starter JimGR

    (@jimgr)

    13 years, 8 months ago

    I have put a ticket out but there is no response as of yet.

    Both phpMyAdmin and the wordpress repair interface claim it’s ok now though.

    Take me through your initial thing again.

    Rename the plugins folder to plugins.hold to disable them

    Then rename your current theme – how does having a child theme complicate this?

    Thread Starter JimGR

    (@jimgr)

    13 years, 8 months ago

    Ok, the error at the admin page has changed, it now says:

    Error establishing a database connection
    This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can’t contact the database server at cust-mysql-123-03. This could mean your host’s database server is down.

    Are you sure you have the correct username and password?
    Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname?
    Are you sure that the database server is running?
    If you’re unsure what these terms mean you should probably contact your host. If you still need help you can always visit the WordPress Support Forums.

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    13 years, 8 months ago

    You need to contact your hosts.

    Thread Starter JimGR

    (@jimgr)

    13 years, 8 months ago

    I’m now getting responses. Thanks for your help, though!

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