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]]>When I came home and tried to log in, I got the SQL-error message. I kept refreshing the page; then, about 20 minutes later, the forum was finally back up.
I dont know how long it had been down for; for me, I was only unable to access it for about 20 minutes.
]]>It was simply that MySQL (the software that accesses the database) stopped working. After restarting it took off as if nothing had happened.
I have no idea what caused it. I have looked through the logs for a clue, but nothing. No special thing happened except it stopped. The message was "Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)"
MySQL normally just runs (for weeks on end) without a hiccup. So I will just have to watch it. I will check every few hours for the next few days.
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