# General Error Forums

**URL:** <https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/general-error-forums/56417>\
**Category:** Hosting Support\
**Created:** [January 2, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/general-error-forums/56417 "2022-01-02T13:37:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![HarveyWNvm](https://forum.infinityfree.com/letter_avatar/harveywnvm/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@HarveyWNvm](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/HarveyWNvm)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/general-error-forums/56417/1 "2022-01-02T13:37:16Z")

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Can you tell me where this error came from?

```
SQL ERROR [mysqli]

Connection refused [2002]

An sql error occurred while fetching this page. Please contact an administrator if this problem persists.

```

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**Author:** ![wackyblackie](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/wackyblackie/32/43350_2.png) [@wackyblackie](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/wackyblackie)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/general-error-forums/56417/2 "2022-01-02T13:56:44Z")

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If you had searched the internet, you would have found that this means that a connection with the database could not be created.  
This is possibly because of a database being down, but it appears that has been resolved.

Can you share your website and the SQL cluster you’re on?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![jaikrishna.t](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/jaikrishna.t/32/57109_2.png) [@jaikrishna.t](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/jaikrishna.t)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/general-error-forums/56417/3 "2022-01-02T14:48:40Z")

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> [@My all database deleted](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/my-all-database-deleted/56402/8):
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> The database servers were having some issues, which is why the database from your website, as well as the database list in the control panel, were not working. That has been fixed since.

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**Author:** ![HarveyWNvm](https://forum.infinityfree.com/letter_avatar/harveywnvm/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@HarveyWNvm](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/HarveyWNvm)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/general-error-forums/56417/4 "2022-01-02T15:06:18Z")

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> [@My all database deleted](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/my-all-database-deleted/56402/8):
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> The database servers were having some issues, which is why the database from your website, as well as the database list in the control panel, were not working. That has been fixed since.

Why to sayning me??

Experiencing issues with phpMyAdmin? Log out of your control panel, clear cookies and sessions [not available in all browsers] and log back into your control panel and try again…

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**Author:** ![HarveyWNvm](https://forum.infinityfree.com/letter_avatar/harveywnvm/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@HarveyWNvm](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/HarveyWNvm)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/general-error-forums/56417/5 "2022-01-02T15:08:07Z")

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It doesn’t show anything I have on the list

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**Author:** ![wackyblackie](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/wackyblackie/32/43350_2.png) [@wackyblackie](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/wackyblackie)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/general-error-forums/56417/6 "2022-01-02T15:16:13Z")

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As the error is not with phpMyAdmin, but with the database itself, there’s nothing you can do but wait for it to come back up again.

Let me know if you have any questions!

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**Author:** ![HarveyWNvm](https://forum.infinityfree.com/letter_avatar/harveywnvm/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@HarveyWNvm](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/HarveyWNvm)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/general-error-forums/56417/7 "2022-01-02T15:23:08Z")

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As far as I know they did something on the site! I had a database and now I have nothing!

[https://imgur.com/a/mP3jUsJ](https://imgur.com/a/mP3jUsJ)

Here it shows that it is empty in the sheet!

Well, what about this topic that is still sitting in my forum.

> \<?php // phpBB 3.3.x auto-generated configuration file // Do not change anything in this file! $dbms = 'phpbb\\db\\driver\\mysqli'; $dbhost = 'sql213.byetcluster.com'; $dbport = ''; $dbname = 'epiz\_30521908\_84'; $dbuser = 'HIDDEN BY MOD'; $dbpasswd = 'HIDDEN BY MOD'; $table\_prefix = 'phpbb4a\_'; $phpbb\_adm\_relative\_path = 'adm/'; $acm\_type = 'phpbb\\cache\\driver\\file'; @define('PHPBB\_INSTALLED', true); @define('PHPBB\_ENVIRONMENT', 'production'); // @define('DEBUG\_CONTAINER', true);

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**Author:** ![Oxy](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/oxy/32/37989_2.png) [@Oxy](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Oxy)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/general-error-forums/56417/8 "2022-01-02T15:30:03Z")

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@HarveyWNvm be careful not to share user and password publicly ! ( I edited your post ).

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**Author:** ![HarveyWNvm](https://forum.infinityfree.com/letter_avatar/harveywnvm/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@HarveyWNvm](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/HarveyWNvm)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/general-error-forums/56417/9 "2022-01-02T15:31:12Z")

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Can you tell me why this happened?

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**Author:** ![Oxy](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/oxy/32/37989_2.png) [@Oxy](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Oxy)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/general-error-forums/56417/10 "2022-01-02T15:34:44Z")

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> [@HarveyWNvm](#):
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> I had a database and now I have nothing
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> ![image](https://forum-cdn.infinityfree.net/original/3X/7/1/71e4fe1d290a55dc5723b590d11eef22ff229cb6.png)

> [@Missing databases](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/missing-databases/56173/3):
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> That usually means the database server is down. If that happens, then 99% of the time your database contents are completely safe, but just unreachable at this time. When the database server comes up, you’re almost guaranteed to see your database contents again in the exact state you left them. Do you still experience this problem? If so, can you please share the FULL database name (including the account username)? I see you have multiple hosting accounts with different database servers, so I d…

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**Author:** ![system](https://infinityfree-forum-uploads.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/b/0/b024fd3fa88bae093c9576e55c2c94e33f890206.svg) [@system](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/general-error-forums/56417/11 "2022-01-09T15:35:08Z")

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