Testing a new database

[Tim]

I think it's fixed !!!!

[Tim]

Still working?

[Tim]

Testing...

[Tim]

How about an image upload? ...

[Tim]

Obligatory reply testing...

[Tim]

We've been upgraded to MySQL 8.0

This is a newer version than what this site was running on previously, which was MySQL 5.7.

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[Tim]

Does a reply work>?

[Tim]

Testing....

[Tim]

Support did some stuff... fingers are crossed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tim]

Ionos support is investigating....

[Tim]

Testing upload of an image... need to make sure it is working....

[Tim]

Thanks! I'm working with the host (Ionos) and the software vendor (VBulletin) to try and pin down the issue. We're in a bit of a finger pointing loop...

We're counting on you, my friend....

[Tim]

Seems like the problem is intermittent and is due to the recent version upgrade I applied (5.7.2). I'm opening a support ticket with the software ven...

[Tim]

I blocked a bot... seems like it might've been using up too many database connections... but I don't know... we'll see...

[Tim]

Seems like it's a problem with the newest version of vBulletin... I'll need to look deeper. Thanks for letting me know

[Tim]

And we're back???? I think the database errors are fixed, but only time will tell for sure.

[Tim]

The errors are related to the database and I'm checking with the hosting provider.

[Tim]

I'm aware the website has been throwing some errors since the last version update was applied. I will fix it as soon as I can identify the source of the...