[Forum] Invalid SQL - Can't access forums

[sheride]

Database error in vBulletin 4.0.2:
Invalid SQL:
SELECT
IF(votenum >= 4, votenum, 0) AS votenum,
IF(votenum >= 4 AND votenum > 0, votetotal / votenum, 0) AS voteavg,
post.pagetext AS preview,
thread.threadid, thread.title AS threadtitle, thread.forumid, pollid, open, postusername, postuserid, thread.iconid AS threadiconid,
thread.dateline, notes, thread.visible, sticky, votetotal, thread.attach, thread.lastpost, thread.lastposter, thread.lastposterid, thread.lastpostid, thread.replycount, IF(thread.views<=thread.replycount, thread.replycount+1, thread.views) AS views,
thread.prefixid, thread.taglist, hiddencount, deletedcount,
user.usergroupid, user.homepage, user.options AS useroptions, IF(userlist.friend = 'yes', 1, 0) AS isfriend

, deletionlog.userid AS del_userid, deletionlog.username AS del_username, deletionlog.reason AS del_reason
, threadread.readtime AS threadread
, threadredirect.expires

FROM thread AS thread
LEFT JOIN user AS user ON (user.userid = thread.lastposterid)
LEFT JOIN userlist AS userlist ON (userlist.relationid = user.userid AND userlist.type = 'buddy' AND userlist.userid = 1)
LEFT JOIN deletionlog AS deletionlog ON(thread.threadid = deletionlog.primaryid AND deletionlog.type = 'thread')

LEFT JOIN threadread AS threadread ON (threadread.threadid = thread.threadid AND threadread.userid = 1)
LEFT JOIN post AS post ON(post.postid = thread.firstpostid)

LEFT JOIN threadredirect AS threadredirect ON(thread.open = 10 AND thread.threadid = threadredirect.threadid)

WHERE thread.threadid IN (0,293019,293005,293023,292959,293030,293029,293025,293024,293012,292388,293020,293015,291 245,292996,290916,293014,293013,293011,293003,293007,293001,290384,292997,292985,292980,29 2977,292975,292974,292969,252175,287750)
ORDER BY sticky DESC, lastpost DESC;
MySQL Error : MySQL server has gone away
Error Number : 2006
Request Date : Saturday, August 6th 2011 @ 07:02:56 PM
Error Date : Saturday, August 6th 2011 @ 07:06:49 PM
Script : http://wwwxxxxxxx
Referrer :
IP Address : 69.xxxxxxxx
Username : Admin
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :

[sheride]

fixed it - it was the post database that crashed.

[sheride]

crashed again - same message as last night (top post) but now I can't get mysql to work? My forum has just gone over a million posts is that why it keeps crashing?



(Waiting for mysql to restart................................................................................... ........................................finished.


mysql has failed, please contact the sysadmin (result was "mysql is not running").

[sheride]

got sql started and this is the message

Table	Action	Message
post	Check	Warning: Table is marked as crashed and last repair failed
post	Check	Warning: Size of indexfile is: 283795456 Should be: 76315648
post	Check	Warning: Size of datafile is: 416021028 Should be: 416020824
post	Check	Error: Corrupt

[sheride]

ran again got

post	Check	Warning: Table is marked as crashed and last repair failed
post	Check	Warning: Size of indexfile is: 283795456 Should be: 76315648
post	Check	Warning: Size of datafile is: 416021028 Should be: 416020824
post	Check	Error: Keypointers and record positions doesn't match
post	Check	Warning: Found 1012993 parts Should be: 1012982 parts
post	Check	Error: Corrupt

[sheride]

and the latest:

Database error in vBulletin 4.0.2:
Invalid SQL:
SELECT COUNT(*) AS count FROM post WHERE dateline >= 1312696800;
MySQL Error : Table './xx_vbulletin/post' is marked as crashed and last (automatic?) repair failed
Error Number : 144
Request Date : Sunday, August 7th 2011 @ 04:15:55 PM
Error Date : Sunday, August 7th 2011 @ 04:15:56 PM

IP Address :
Username : Adm
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.92-community

[Paul M]

You will keep getting a crashed error until its repaired ok.

[Andy]

My forum has just gone over a million posts is that why it keeps crashing?

No that would not be the reason. A more plausible reason would be a faulty hard drive or other server hardware.

I hope you have a recent backup.