Error establishing a database connection

I experience the same problem. For example (not necesserily in that order):

1. I log in my admin interface, no problem
2. I click on “manage”, no problem
3. I click on “plugins”, no problem
4. I click on “dashboard”, no problem
5. I click on “manage”, boom:
“Error establishing a database connection.”

If i refresh the page 5 to 10 times, it comes back up…

I updated to 2.61 but it didn’t change a thing. What could it be?

Ow and btw, the navigation on the blog makes no problem…

Most likely, neither of your problems is WordPress-related. Something weird is going on at the infrastructure level, in the Apache-PHP-MySQL triangle.

jobpa,

Next time you get the error, open another window in your browser (or better yet, a different browser) and try accessing your WordPress installation from it. If the new instance also gets the error, it’s a strong indication that one of MySQL’s executable files is damaged, so your MySQL installation may need to be repaired.

my_lo,

Are you on shared hosting or it is a server that you control? Does the error occur only when you click on Manage or do you see it in other places as well? Have you noticed that it happens more often during certain times of the day?