this error often appears

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com.mysql.jdbc.CommunicationsException: Communications link failure due to underlying exception: ** BEGIN NESTED EXCEPTION ** java.io.EOFException STACKTRACE: java.io.EOFException at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.readChannelFully(MysqlIO.java:2854) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.reuseAndReadViaChannel(MysqlIO.java:2917) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.reuseAndReadPacket(MysqlIO.java:2280) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.checkErrorPacket(MysqlIO.java:2496) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sendCommand(MysqlIO.java:1443) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sqlQueryDirect(MysqlIO.java:1533) at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.execSQL(Connection.java:2270) at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.execSQL(Connection.java:2202) at com.mysql.jdbc.PreparedStatement.executeInternal(PreparedStatement.java:1777) at com.mysql.jdbc.PreparedStatement.executeQuery(PreparedStatement.java:1622) at net.jforum.drivers.generic.UserModel.selectById(UserModel.java:73) at net.jforum.JForum.checkCookies(JForum.java:389) at net.jforum.JForum.service(JForum.java:489) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:256) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2416) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:171) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:172) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.connector.warp.WarpRequestHandler.handle(WarpRequestHandler.java:218) at org.apache.catalina.connector.warp.WarpConnection.run(WarpConnection.java:194) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534) ** END NESTED

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I use Apache,tomcat and mysql, when restart tomcat this error disappeared, but after some time (maybe half an hour or less) it appears ag
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Expression session is undefined on line 71, column 30 in default/forum_base.htm. The problematic instruction: ---------- ==> if session.isAdmin() [on line 71, column 25 in default/forum_base.htm] in include "default/forum_base.htm" [on line 2, column 1 in exception.html] ---------- Java backtrace for programmers: ---------- freemarker.core.InvalidReferenceException: Expression session is undefined on line 71, column 30 in default/forum_base.htm. at freemarker.core.TemplateObject.assertNonNull(TemplateObject.java:124) at freemarker.core.TemplateObject.invalidTypeException(TemplateObject.java:134) at freemarker.core.Dot._getAsTemplateModel(Dot.java:78) at freemarker.core.Expression.getAsTemplateModel(Expression.java:89) at freemarker.core.MethodCall._getAsTemplateModel(MethodCall.java:86) at freemarker.core.Expression.getAsTemplateModel(Expression.java:89) at freemarker.core.Expression.isTrue(Expression.java:138) at freemarker.core.ConditionalBlock.accept(ConditionalBlock.java:77) at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:171) at freemarker.core.MixedContent.accept(MixedContent.java:92) at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:171) at freemarker.core.Environment.include(Environment.java:1256) at freemarker.core.Include.accept(Include.java:156) at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:171) at freemarker.core.MixedContent.accept(MixedContent.java:92) at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:171) at freemarker.core.Environment.process(Environment.java:156) at freemarker.template.Template.process(Template.java:219) at net.jforum.ForumException.(ForumException.java:81) at net.jforum.JForum.service(JForum.java:529) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:256) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2416) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:171) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:172) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.connector.warp.WarpRequestHandler.handle(WarpRequestHandler.java:218) at org.apache.catalina.connector.warp.WarpConnection.run(WarpConnection.java:194) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)
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Anonymous wrote:I use Apache,tomcat and mysql, when restart tomcat this error disappeared, but after some time (maybe half an hour or less) it appears ag

Maybe you can provide some info on the version number of the a/m.
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Anonymous wrote:I use Apache,tomcat and mysql, when restart tomcat this error disappeared, but after some time (maybe half an hour or less) it appears ag

Yeah, I'm concerned about this problem. I don't get it so frequently, but I know that it occurs.

Are you using RC4? As Far As I Know ( and as far I can remember ) this error does not occur with the stable version of mysql's connector/j ( 3.0.4 ). You can try getting it from www.mysql.com and make some tests.

I've been using the alpha / beta driver because some issues with cyrillic chars.
Anyway, I'll try to make some more tests with the stable driver.

Rafael
[originally posted on jforum.net by Rafael Steil]

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I get the same error too. I have to restart it every day.

Linux
MySQL
Tomcat 5
MysQL connector/J 3.0.14 stable


J-R
[originally posted on jforum.net by Anonymous]

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I'm debugging the connection pool in search for bugs..

Rafael
[originally posted on jforum.net by Rafael Steil]

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Hi,

I'm a jForum newbie. This appears to be the first bug I'm encountering. It happens whenever there is a lack of activity for more than a couple of hours. Here's my setup:

Windows XP
MySQL 4.0.20
Tomcat 5.0.25
JForum 1.0 - RC4

Hope to see this sorted out soon. Thanks!
[originally posted on jforum.net by Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hi,

I'm a jForum newbie. This appears to be the first bug I'm encountering. It happens whenever there is a lack of activity for more than a couple of hours. Here's my setup:

Windows XP
MySQL 4.0.20
Tomcat 5.0.25
JForum 1.0 - RC4

Hope to see this sorted out soon. Thanks!

Please take a look at

http://www.jforum.net/jira/browse/JF-57#action_10101

It would be nice if you can do that test.

Rafael
[originally posted on jforum.net by Rafael Steil]

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Alright, thanks. I'll try that asap.

'Stanley

Rafael Steil wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi,

I'm a jForum newbie. This appears to be the first bug I'm encountering. It happens whenever there is a lack of activity for more than a couple of hours. Here's my setup:

Windows XP
MySQL 4.0.20
Tomcat 5.0.25
JForum 1.0 - RC4

Hope to see this sorted out soon. Thanks!

Please take a look at

http://www.jforum.net/jira/browse/JF-57#action_10101

It would be nice if you can do that test.

Rafael

[originally posted on jforum.net by stanleyshyeoh]

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Its been more than 24 hours since I've applied the patch. The problem appears to be solved. Thanks.
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stanleyshyeoh wrote:Its been more than 24 hours since I've applied the patch. The problem appears to be solved. Thanks.

That's great to hear. Just confirm one thing: did you put the call to enableConnectionPinging() somewhere? I didn't mention that, but it is necessary to activate the code ( just to confirm )

Rafael
[originally posted on jforum.net by Rafael Steil]

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Realised I didn't put enablePinging() but I recompiled with the enablePinging().

I have tested it for more than 48 hours with idle intervals of a few hours. And no problems whatsoever.

Thanks, Rafael.
[originally posted on jforum.net by stanleyshyeoh]

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When can I expect a new release containing a the fix for this problem?

Thanks,

J-R
[originally posted on jforum.net by Anonymous]

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RC5... no date defined yet, but hope that soon

Rafael
[originally posted on jforum.net by Rafael Steil]

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Rafael Steil wrote:Please take a look at

http://www.jforum.net/jira/browse/JF-57#action_10101

It would be nice if you can do that test.

Rafael

Just to say that I am also running into the same problem. So I am testing the above mentioned solution. Running with Linux & Resin.

Regards,
James Yong
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Hmm..it don't seems to help in my case. The error occurs less than half an hour later, even with the new code.

Btw, I am deploying the forum in a server of which I have no access to restart the JVM. What I did was to delete the class folder and change the web.xml, so that Resin can detect the changes and reloads again.

Should I shorten the time for the enableConnectionPinging()?

Regards,
James Yong
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jamesyong wrote:

Should I shorten the time for the enableConnectionPinging()?

Regards,
James Yong

You can give a try. Put it to ping each 20 / 30 min.

( btw, which mysql and connector/j are you using? )

Rafael
[originally posted on jforum.net by Rafael Steil]

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Ok, I'll probably work on it at a later time
[originally posted on jforum.net by jamesyong]

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Rafael Steil wrote:
You can give a try. Put it to ping each 20 / 30 min.

( btw, which mysql and connector/j are you using? )

Rafael

Thanks, I will work on it and see what I can do.

The requested info are:
mysql: 4.0.20-standard
connector/j: 3.0.14-production
[originally posted on jforum.net by jamesyong]

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Hi,

I change the ping time to be 2 minute. Haven't tried other values yet. But now, I don't see this error.

Regards,
James Yong
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jamesyong wrote:Hi,

I change the ping time to be 2 minute. Haven't tried other values yet. But now, I don't see this error.

Regards,
James Yong

This is a very very short ping time. James, remember be to make some tests using the same connector/j's version your ISP uses. I want to check if, when using newer versions of connector/j, this ping() method is / or is not still necessary.

Rafael
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Anonymous wrote:I am trying to install the same patch. Forgive me, I'm no java expert.

Hi,

I'll release the next jforum's version soon, which have this pacth.

Rafael
[originally posted on jforum.net by Rafael Steil]

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I am trying to install the same patch. Forgive me, I'm no java expert. When I added the code and tried to compile ConnectionPool.java, I got

ConnectionPool.java:54: package net.jforum.util.preferences does not exist
import net.jforum.util.preferences.SystemGlobals;
                                   ^
ConnectionPool.java:114: cannot resolve symbol
symbol  : variable SystemGlobals
location: class net.jforum.ConnectionPool
                SystemGlobals.loadAdditionalDefaults(SystemGlobals.getValue("database.driver.config"));
                                                     ^
ConnectionPool.java:114: cannot resolve symbol
symbol  : variable SystemGlobals
location: class net.jforum.ConnectionPool
                SystemGlobals.loadAdditionalDefaults(SystemGlobals.getValue("database.driver.config"));
                ^
ConnectionPool.java:115: cannot resolve symbol
symbol  : variable SystemGlobals
location: class net.jforum.ConnectionPool
                String driver = SystemGlobals.getValue("database.connection.driver");
                                ^
ConnectionPool.java:120: cannot resolve symbol
symbol  : variable SystemGlobals
location: class net.jforum.ConnectionPool
                        this.minConnections = SystemGlobals.getIntValue("database.connection.pool.min");
                                              ^
ConnectionPool.java:121: cannot resolve symbol
symbol  : variable SystemGlobals
location: class net.jforum.ConnectionPool
                        this.maxConnections = SystemGlobals.getIntValue("database.connection.pool.max");
                                              ^
ConnectionPool.java:122: cannot resolve symbol
symbol  : variable SystemGlobals
location: class net.jforum.ConnectionPool
                        this.timeout = SystemGlobals.getIntValue("database.connection.pool.timeout");
                                       ^
ConnectionPool.java:124: cannot resolve symbol
symbol  : variable SystemGlobals
location: class net.jforum.ConnectionPool
                        this.connectionString = SystemGlobals.getValue("database.connection.string");
                                                ^
ConnectionPool.java:411: cannot resolve symbol
symbol  : class PreparedStatement
location: class net.jforum.ConnectionPool
        PreparedStatement p = c.prepareStatement("select 1");
        ^
ConnectionPool.java:412: cannot resolve symbol
symbol  : class ResultSet
location: class net.jforum.ConnectionPool
        ResultSet rs = p.executeQuery();
        ^
ConnectionPool.java:427: cannot resolve symbol
symbol  : class TimerTask
location: class net.jforum.ConnectionPool
        new Timer(true).schedule(new TimerTask() {
                                     ^
ConnectionPool.java:427: cannot resolve symbol
symbol  : class Timer
location: class net.jforum.ConnectionPool
        new Timer(true).schedule(new TimerTask() {
            ^
12 errors

What am I missing?

TIA!
Chris
[originally posted on jforum.net by Anonymous]

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Rafael Steil wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am trying to install the same patch. Forgive me, I'm no java expert.

Hi,

I'll release the next jforum's version soon, which have this pacth.

Rafael

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oops! I realized I hadn't logged in to ask the last question.

I've got it down to one error.

:405: 'class' or 'interface' expected
    [javac] private void pingConnections() {
    [javac]         ^
    [javac] 1 error

I added the code at the end of ConnectionPool.java. What gives?

Anybody? I'm *really* tired of having to restart tomcat every few hours. It's becoming a drag. I don't want to wait for the next release since no date has been defined. Soon rarely means soon. No offense. :P

TIA!
Chris
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cbock wrote: I don't want to wait for the next release since no date has been defined. Soon rarely means soon. No offense. :P

TIA!
Chris

It will probably be released next weekend as mentioned by Rafael in another post.

Regards.

[originally posted on jforum.net by jamesyong]

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Oops, still got the JDBC connection timeout problem with RC5 .

The connection timeout setting in MySQL (4.0.15) is 28800 secs (8 hours).
The database.ping.delay setiing in file SystemGlobal.properties is 3600000 msecs (1 hour).

What else should I check?

After a few hours of inactivity I get:

com.mysql.jdbc.CommunicationsException: Communications link failure due to underlying exception:

** BEGIN NESTED EXCEPTION **

java.io.EOFException

STACKTRACE:

java.io.EOFException
at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.readChannelFully(MysqlIO.java:2854)
at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.reuseAndReadViaChannel(MysqlIO.java:2917)
at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.reuseAndReadPacket(MysqlIO.java:2280)
at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.checkErrorPacket(MysqlIO.java:2496)



Jean-Robert
[originally posted on jforum.net by Anonymous]

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hhmm.. check the log files for "pinging connections... " ( somethjing like that ). I output this message when the timertask runs..

Rafael
[originally posted on jforum.net by Rafael Steil]

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Rafael Steil wrote:hhmm.. check the log files for "pinging connections... " ( somethjing like that ). I output this message when the timertask runs..

Rafael

I have the above mentioned problem as well. Here's what I see in my log.

INFO: Server startup in 5961 ms
16:29:28,791  INFO [FileMonitor         ] Watching /opt/tomcat5/webapps/iRun/WEB-INF/config/languages/en_US.properties
16:29:28,804  INFO [FileMonitor         ] Watching /opt/tomcat5/webapps/iRun/WEB-INF/config/database/generic/generic_queries.sql
16:29:28,804  INFO [FileMonitor         ] Watching /opt/tomcat5/webapps/iRun/WEB-INF/config/database/mysql/mysql.sql
16:29:28,806  INFO [FileMonitor         ] Watching /opt/tomcat5/webapps/iRun/WEB-INF/config/SystemGlobals.properties
16:29:28,807  INFO [FileMonitor         ] Watching /opt/tomcat5/webapps/iRun/WEB-INF/config/root.conf
17:29:28,932  INFO [PooledConnection    ] pinging connection....
17:29:28,933  INFO [PooledConnection    ] pinging connection....
17:29:28,933  INFO [PooledConnection    ] pinging connection....
17:29:28,934  INFO [PooledConnection    ] pinging connection....
17:29:28,934  INFO [PooledConnection    ] pinging connection....
17:29:28,934  INFO [PooledConnection    ] pinging connection....
17:29:28,935  INFO [PooledConnection    ] pinging connection....
17:29:28,935  INFO [PooledConnection    ] pinging connection....
17:29:28,935  INFO [PooledConnection    ] pinging connection....
17:29:28,936  INFO [PooledConnection    ] pinging connection....
17:29:28,936  INFO [PooledConnection    ] Connection ping finished. Waiting for next iteration
27067682 [WorkerThread-0] INFO  statistics.DataSamplingJob - committing data sample changes
com.mysql.jdbc.CommunicationsException: Communications link failure due to underlying exception: 

** BEGIN NESTED EXCEPTION ** 

java.io.EOFException

STACKTRACE:

java.io.EOFException
	at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.readChannelFully(MysqlIO.java:2854)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.reuseAndReadViaChannel(MysqlIO.java:2917)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.reuseAndReadPacket(MysqlIO.java:2280)

[originally posted on jforum.net by cbock]

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hu, crapy...

Well, that's not good :evil:

While I check why the pingConnections() is not working, please use net.jforum.SimpleConnection. You can change it by updating the key database.connection.implementation at WEB-INF/config/SystemGloals.properites ( a restart in the context is needed ).

Rafael
[originally posted on jforum.net by Rafael Steil]

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Well, I have done some modifications to PooledConnection to try fix the problems.

Please see that is much more an experiment than a real solution. Now, instead of just using the connections on each ping iteration, I close them an open new ones.

Please get the file

https://jforum.dev.java.net/files/documents/411/6830/PooledConnection.class

and put it at WEB-INF/classes/net/jforum. Is is recommended to create a backup of the current existing PooledConnection.class.

Don't forget to restart the container context, and give feedback if this solution works or not.

Thanks for all your suggestions so far.

Rafael
[originally posted on jforum.net by Rafael Steil]

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i wasn't sure if you wanted us to try both of the above mentioned fixes. i didn't think so after reading your second post. so, i only replaced PooledConnection.class. i'll report back, probably tomorrow.

one other thing i forgot to mention in my last post. if i reload the page 3 or 4 times after i see the error, the connection is successful. :?
[originally posted on jforum.net by cbock]

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cbock wrote:
one other thing i forgot to mention in my last post. if i reload the page 3 or 4 times after i see the error, the connection is successful. :?

That's happen because the pool will getting the connection, realizing that they are invalid, discarding the connection, then opening a new and putting it in the pool.

The original implementation should work - actually, it did for many users -, and I don't know exactly why, even with the ping thing, it still breaks. It may be related to some specific version of mysql or OS. If I can have this kind of information, it may help to find the problem.

Rafael
[originally posted on jforum.net by Rafael Steil]

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here's my specs

os: gentoo linux 2.6.5 r1
mysql: 4.0.20-r1
tomcat: 5.0.27-r4
[originally posted on jforum.net by cbock]

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looks like that may have done the trick. longest my forum's gone w/out a connection. i'll report back again in a few days.

thanks rafael!
[originally posted on jforum.net by cbock]

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things have been going better. no dropped connection after extended periods of inactivity.

i don't know if it's jforum. but, i've got lots of java process left hanging that's filling up my swap space. i didn't have a problem like this before i started using jforum. :? i've got to investigate further.
[originally posted on jforum.net by cbock]

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cbock wrote:things have been going better. no dropped connection after extended periods of inactivity.

That's really great to hear!!

cbock wrote:
i don't know if it's jforum. but, i've got lots of java process left hanging that's filling up my swap space. i didn't have a problem like this before i started using jforum. :? i've got to investigate further.

and not so great this one. But I've been watching jforum.net server processes, and there are some strange things apparently.

I *guess* that the problem may be located in the threading system - eg, the one responsible for sending emails, currently. There is also a very little prorablility of problems with ThreadLocals, but I'm not sure.

If you want, you can take a look at net.jforum.util.concurrent, and the classes who use it. I'll try to start looking better too.

Thanks.
Rafael
[originally posted on jforum.net by Rafael Steil]