Forum COUNT(*) AS count_posts (sql error caused) ??
 

I was getting a lot of db errors. As a result, persistent connections were turned off in the php.ini and vb settings. Since then, errors have gone down dramatically. I was getting "db has gone away" errors.

However...there is still one that I keep getting daily (a couple times a day it seems).

Quote:
Database error in vBulletin 3.8.3:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT
COUNT(*) AS count_posts
FROM post AS p
INNER JOIN thread as t ON p.threadid=t.threadid
WHERE p.visible=1
AND p.userid=427;

MySQL Error : MySQL server has gone away
Error Number : 2006
Request Date : Monday, March 29th 2010 @ 10:20:25 AM
Error Date : Monday, March 29th 2010 @ 10:21:03 AM
Script : http://www.onlinedebate.net/forums/c...and=1269876022
Referrer : http://www.onlinedebate.net/forums/index.php
IP Address : 98.201.25.4
Username : Unregistered
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :

A few questions...

1) What is causing this? It looks as if it is due to a bad cron job, no?
2) How can I resolve it?
3) Will upgrading to a newer version of vb help?