Title: WordPress database error (Errcode:13)??
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# WordPress database error (Errcode:13)??

 *  Resolved [pelf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pelf/)
 * (@pelf)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-error-errcode13/)
 * One of my readers alerted me to the following error on two of my blogs ([http://thegivinghands.org](http://thegivinghands.org)
   and [http://theturtletalks.com](http://theturtletalks.com)). I did not do anything
   to the blogs since yesterday. I deactivated all plugins but the error persisted:
 *     ```
       WordPress database error: [Can't create/write to file '/tmp/#sql_d0f_0.MYI' (Errcode: 13)]
       SELECT t.*, tt.*, tr.object_id FROM wp_terms AS t INNER JOIN wp_term_taxonomy AS tt ON tt.term_id = t.term_id INNER JOIN wp_term_relationships AS tr ON tr.term_taxonomy_id = tt.term_taxonomy_id WHERE tt.taxonomy IN ('category', 'post_tag') AND tr.object_id IN (148, 147, 144) ORDER BY t.name ASC
       ```
   
 * Err.. What’s going on?

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 *  [Lester Chan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gamerz/)
 * (@gamerz)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-error-errcode13/#post-661788)
 * Google is your best friend, [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=MYSQL+%28Errcode%3A+13%29](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=MYSQL+%28Errcode%3A+13%29)
 *  Thread Starter [pelf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pelf/)
 * (@pelf)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-error-errcode13/#post-661789)
 * **[@gamerz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gamerz/):** Thanks for the link.
   Now, Google may be my best friend, what what happens if I don’t understand my
   best friend? 🙁
 *  [Lester Chan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gamerz/)
 * (@gamerz)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-error-errcode13/#post-661799)
 * that appears to be your host issue, contact them about it.
 *  Thread Starter [pelf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pelf/)
 * (@pelf)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-error-errcode13/#post-661925)
 * **[@gamerz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gamerz/):** Yeah, thanks heaps
   😀 The issue is resolved now 🙂

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 * Last activity: [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-error-errcode13/#post-661925)
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