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Offline Hurtwood Dogs

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Forum connection problems
« on: June 22, 2010, 09:59:58 AM »
For a few weeks now, I've quite often had the following message for a few mins when I'm browsing the forum:

Connection Problems
Sorry, SMF was unable to connect to the database. This may be caused by the server being busy. Please try again later.

Is this a problem my end or just as it says, that the forum server is too busy for me to connect?

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Offline Linz13

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Re: Forum connection problems
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2010, 10:09:07 AM »
I get this sometimes too  :-\
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Re: Forum connection problems
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2010, 10:09:56 AM »
I get this quite regularly, usually just leave it for a while and come back later.
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Offline ladylola

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Re: Forum connection problems
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2010, 10:22:28 AM »
Me too
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Re: Forum connection problems
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2010, 10:29:10 AM »
Yeah I've had the same thing, tho to be fair, its always back pretty quick, couple of minutes max which compared to a lot of forums/databases/websites I think is PDQ....
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Offline Bluebell

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Re: Forum connection problems
« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2010, 10:49:20 AM »
Yup me too!
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Offline aliceandlouis

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Re: Forum connection problems
« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2010, 11:07:39 AM »
And me - after a really good spell it does seem to have been happening more frequently over the couple of weeks or so - no particular time of day noticed.
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Offline Jane S

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Re: Forum connection problems
« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2010, 11:38:37 AM »
It's normal when the server is busy to get this message - as others have said, try again in a few minutes and it's usually fine. It tends to happen when there's a lot of people logging on at the same time, more noticeably early morning, lunch time & then later in the evening. Haven't noticed it more often than usual lately though - it may just be that those who are experiencing it most are logging on at the most popular times of day :D
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