>Check http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/gone-away.html and http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=43505
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>>this is the message got from aerror/mysql... seems that I really need to restart the connection:
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>>[MySQL][ODBC 3.51 Driver][mysqld-4.1.12-Max-log]MySQL server has gone away
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>>What do you think?
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they don't talk about what should be the best decision/behavior for our app. in cases like that..

for me seems.. the old messagebox with RETRY/CANCEL.. if retry, reconect and sqlexec() again..

if CANCEL goodbye..