Lost connection to mysql server

Hi there,

I've recently started getting this error on the homepage of a website I work on:

it seems to be sporadic, it will run fine and then start throwing errors, I've tried everything I can think of to no joy. The site is on shared hosting, I'm wondering whether I'm hitting any limits?

any ideas much appreciated
Boris



MODx encountered the following error while attempting to parse the requested resource:
« PHP Parse Error »
 
PHP error debug
  Error:
mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Lost connection to MySQL server at 'reading authorization packet', system error: 0
 
  Error type/ Nr.:
Warning - 2
 
  File:
/xxx/xxxx/xxxxxx/manager/includes/extenders/dbapi.mysql.class.inc.php
 
  Line:
89
 
  Line 89 source:
if (!$this->conn = ($persist ? mysql_pconnect($host, $uid, $pwd) : mysql_connect($host, $uid, $pwd, true))) {

well, if the problem is sporadic you could ask support to your hosting,
may be there are some limit to the number of queries?

The hosting company did insist everything was fine... but have now noticed another user on the server that's maxing things out. The joys of shared servers.