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Can a DB go off-line?

         

Acternaweb

10:03 pm on Jan 2, 2004 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



My db starter project was coming along thanks to many of you here, however, not I am not getting anything to work. I do not receive an connection error or anything when trying to access the db. There are others pages on my site that are working correctly.

The site was working right this morning but now this afternoon it doesn't want to work. Is this common? Any tests I can use to see what the deal is?

coopster

11:53 am on Jan 3, 2004 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Administrator 10+ Year Member



Are you on a shared server? If you have not changed anything, but are on a shared server, first thing I would do is find out if any changes were made by the hosting provider. If you control the server, then you'll have to troubleshoot the same way you do when you are testing your code...
  1. Can I get a connection? If not, what is the error message?
  2. Can I perform a simple SELECT statement?
  3. If I can execute a simple SELECT, but cannot UPDATE or DELETE, is their a permissions issue?
  4. ...