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Tech support (Gary) at the host fixed the database corruption problem. All I heard was keyboard clattering, so I don’t know if it involved a comment, as the error messages suggested. (Mentally, I picture pulling out the bits of a piece of paper that got jammed in the copy machine.)
He confirmed the thinking here that the problem probably occurred at their end — 1) client disconnect in the middle of a process, and 2) a hardware problem being the first two possibilities that came to his mind.
I don’t know how “client disconnect” could be a trigger. I don’t remember disconnecting on any of my interactions with the blog. And someone commenting just clicks on the “Submit Comment” button, which is a one-time blip of a signal that I don’t know how could be interrupted…
So maybe it was a hardware problem (which is good, I suppose, on the list of possibilities…) Databases crash all the time, I’m told. Nice that it doesn’t happen very much with WordPress!
We’ll watch for repeats. Fingers crossed it won’t happen again. Thanks for your help here.
Thanks. Good advice. There could be other causes that I haven’t considered. But the blog was running smoothly until yesterday. I’ll let the host know, and point them to this page, and if we figure it out I’ll come back here to relay what we’ve learned.
Here’s a page that summarizes the “database corruption” error:
http://support.discusware.com/center/resources/errors/mysql145.html
Other thoughts on whether this might have been triggered by something the spammers threw at the blog would be appreciated, in case that ‘‘is’‘ what’s happening. They’re trying all sorts of hairy things, and a couple of times in the last few weeks they’ve managed to squeeze comments through the cracks into my blog.
Well, there are two issues. Cleaning up the mess is one.
The other issue is whether there’s a bug in the software — a combination of WordPress (2.0.7 and maybe other versions), my plug-ins, and something new the spammers are doing — which has triggered this problem.
It might happen to others, and if it takes high-level expertise to fix the database corruption, a lot of WordPress blogs might be crippled in the next few days, weeks, or months.
I’m paying for support from my host, but I’d like a little better idea of what I’m asking for before I turn to them. Pair.com. They have a good rep and this may be where I get my money’s worth from them.
But still, this may be a problem that will affect others, so I want to give y’all a heads-up.
Until there’s a permanent fix/upgrade, how should I configure my blog so it doesn’t happen again? And should others be worried?