Good old Open Source

[DimPrawn]

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[administrator]

Yeah, you are not notified what the problem was but I am. Too many DB connections, the DB server is struggling with TPD. Night is drawing in on the thread I am afraid. The executioner is donning his hood. The congregation will be asked to deliver the last rites...

[DimPrawn]

Yeah, you are not notified what the problem was but I am. Too many DB connections, the DB server is struggling with TPD. Night is drawing in on the thread I am afraid. The executioner is donning his hood. The congregation will be asked to deliver the last rites...

You realise AtW is going to come in his pants on this news?

[minestrone]

It must be a world record for the largest thread on a forum.

[realityhack]

There must be some other way. We're a bunch of IT 'experts' here for goodness sake - can't we think of a way to keep TPD and free the forum up a bit?

Come on PHP gurus, don your thinking caps.

[administrator]

A whip round for a few more GB of RAM might be enough to keep it going for a few hundred more posts... Will see how much this machine has in it and see what the cost would be for some more. If anyone has some optimisation tips then don't be shy.

[DimPrawn]

There must be some other way. We're a bunch of IT 'experts' here for goodness sake - can't we think of a way to keep TPD and free the forum up a bit?

Come on PHP gurus, don your thinking caps.

I can think of a way

DELETE FROM threads WHERE thread_title = 'test please delete'

[ctdctd]

Yeah, you are not notified what the problem was but I am. Too many DB connections, the DB server is struggling with TPD. Night is drawing in on the thread I am afraid. The executioner is donning his hood. The congregation will be asked to deliver the last rites...

Oh no - please don't.

It's a bit like Terry Wogan, the Archers, or even John Peel (R.I.P.). You never listen or partake but are comforted by the fact that they will always be there.

[TheFaQQer]

There must be some other way. We're a bunch of IT 'experts' here for goodness sake - can't we think of a way to keep TPD and free the forum up a bit?

Come on PHP gurus, don your thinking caps.

Over to you, Nick!

[Andy2]

I can think of a way

DELETE FROM threads WHERE thread_title = 'test please delete'

better still
Drop database CUK ;