[Forum] vBulletin database error

[JackieChun]

Hello, I have been getting the following email alert about 3 times a day. The text is always the same

[COLOR=#000000][FONT=arial][h=1]vBulletin Database Error![/h]
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[FONT=arial]Database error in vBulletin :[/FONT]

[FONT=arial]mysql_connect() [<a href='function.mysql-connect'>[/FONT][FONT=arial]function.mysql-connect</a>]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (11)[/FONT]
[FONT=arial]/home/account/public_html/forums/[/FONT][FONT=arial]includes/class_core.php on line 317[/FONT]

[FONT=arial]MySQL Error   :[/FONT]
[FONT=arial]Error Number  :[/FONT]
[FONT=arial]Request Date  : Wednesday, August 22nd 2012 @ 03:10:29 AM[/FONT]
[FONT=arial]Error Date    : Wednesday, August 22nd 2012 @ 03:10:29 AM[/FONT]
[FONT=arial]Script        : [/FONT]/forums/showthread.php?t=77293
[FONT=arial]Referrer      :[/FONT]
[FONT=arial]IP Address    : xx.xx.xxx.xx[/FONT]
[FONT=arial]Username      :[/FONT]
[FONT=arial]Classname     : vB_Database[/FONT]
[FONT=arial]MySQL Version :[/FONT]

[cloferba]

it means that for any reason vbulletin was unable to connect with the forum database. This is nothing you should be worried about until you will receive many times the same error. Sometimes this is caused because mysql service was restarted for any reason.