MySQL has is a maximum number of concurrent connections permitted to access the database, defined by the max_connections variable. The default value for max_connections is 151, and if the error Too Many Connections occurs, it means all connections are being...
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MySQL Replication: Disconnecting a Replica
When a MySQL replica instance is no longer to be associated with a primary database instance in a replication design, the replica not only needs to be stopped, but the connection information pointing to the primary must be cleared as well. In older versions of MySQL...
MySQL Error – Packet Too Large
A MySQL error commonly encountered is to have "packet too large" reported and it is often coupled with a "lost connection to MySQL server during query" error as the server closes the connection. The errors occur when a MySQL communication packet exceeds the value set...
The MySQL InnoDB Buffer Pool
The MySQL InnoDB storage engine is used by default in all newer versions of MySQL (5.5.5+). As a well-performing transactional storage engine with crash recovery capability, it is the storage engine of choice for most database settings. One of the most important...