Title: Database Error – site not working Last modified: April 12, 2019 --- # Database Error – site not working * [depresser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/depresser/) * (@depresser) * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-site-not-working/) * The symptoms are that the site goes down, and serves an error message saying there is a database error. * Can not login to the admin side, it says to repair the database, Do that, after following the instruction to change wp_config, and this is the result: * wpmr_usermeta: 1 client is using or hasn’t closed the table properly wpmr_posts: 1 client is using or hasn’t closed the table properly wpmr_options: Table is marked as crashed wpmr_postmeta: 7 clients are using or haven’t closed the table properly * Says to post this here for suggestions. Haven’t upgraded to 5.1 yet in case it complicates matters. * Any generic troubleshooting pointers would be much appreciated. * (After the repair, the site works as normal, till the next time it happens.) - This topic was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by [depresser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/depresser/). - This topic was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by [depresser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/depresser/). Reason: spelling Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * [Sundar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phptechie/) * (@phptechie) * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-site-not-working/#post-11421065) * If you have access to the server or control panel , can you reboot the mysql database server ? Try doing it & access the site. Post screenshots if you find any errors. Thanks. * Thread Starter [depresser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/depresser/) * (@depresser) * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-site-not-working/#post-11421091) * Hi Sundar, Many thanks for the reply. It’s a shared server, so I can’t reboot, but after the repair I do have access to the site and everything works as normal. This has happened twice in the last month, don’t know why. * [Sundar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phptechie/) * (@phptechie) * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-site-not-working/#post-11421136) * Oh ok.. My question , when you say once its repaired , it works as normal . Then after sometime you encounter the same database error ? By question during this time , did you try updating WP Core / Themes / Plugins ? * Can you please post the Site URL ? Also send the screenshot of the error when you get. That will helps us to identify the problem. * Thanks. * Thread Starter [depresser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/depresser/) * (@depresser) * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-site-not-working/#post-11421233) * Hi, and thanks again for your time. Yes, That is correct. It’s happened twice so far, so I assume there is a problem. I haven’t updated anything yet in case it complicates things further. Unfortunately, I have repaired now and everything is working properly again, so I can’t screenshot the error to you. * [Sundar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phptechie/) * (@phptechie) * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-site-not-working/#post-11421244) * Gr8 to hear it works now. Please take a back-up immediately , so that you can recover if things break again. * Thanks * Thread Starter [depresser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/depresser/) * (@depresser) * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-site-not-working/#post-11421456) * Thanks for the advice. 😉 Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) The topic ‘Database Error – site not working’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 6 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [depresser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/depresser/) * Last activity: [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-site-not-working/#post-11421456) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics