What does this mean?

[Dauphin]

Database error in vBulletin: Invalid SQL: DELETE FROM searchindex WHERE postid=838613 mysql error: Server shutdown in progress mysql error number: 1053 Date: Friday 29th of March 2002 09:22:44 PM Script: /forums/editpost.php Referer: http://apolyton.net/forums/editpost....&postid=838613

I go it when trying to edit a post.

[Dauphin]

Ok that was freaky, anyone seeing something other than the text error that I though I posted?

[Dauphin]

Curioser and curiouser.

[DarkCloud]

I canpt quite make it out- but why is there a thread within a thread?

[DarkCloud]

Did you post a [ table ] and forget to close it?

[faded glory]

[MarkG]

no he used a comment tag

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try not to do it again. thanks

[Dauphin]

Ooops, I didn't realise (obviously), all I did was copy and paste the error message.

Could you close the other thread of mine, please.

[MarkG]

Originally posted by Sagacious Dolphin
Could you close the other thread of mine, please.

what thread is that?

[Dauphin]

Someone has already deleted it.

[Urban Ranger]

You're trying to do something when the database was locked. I think.

[MichaeltheGreat]

That error can happen in a number of ways with MySQL - usually, there's too many hits on the database server at the moment, and some queries time out -

it can also happen with the time delay between getting the output through PHP and making the input action - say you try to edit a post i just deleted or moved. The second query can't run because the record it's trying to work on isn't the same anymore.

Usually, it's a transitory error from database server load, and then later on, you can carry out the action correctly - but vBulletin doesn't queue the query, it returns an error so you know what's going on.