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Joanna of Confident Writing brought to my attention that The Giving Hands was down. I logged on and found that it wasn’t exactly down, but there was indeed an error:
WordPress database error: [Can't create/write to file '/tmp/#sql_d0f_0.MYI' (Errcode: 13)]
SELECT t.*, tt.*, tr.object_id FROM wp_terms AS t INNER JOIN wp_term_taxonomy AS tt ON tt.term_id = t.term_id INNER JOIN wp_term_relationships AS tr ON tr.term_taxonomy_id = tt.term_taxonomy_id WHERE tt.taxonomy IN (’category’, ‘post_tag’) AND tr.object_id IN (132) ORDER BY t.name ASC
I’ve done some research (on Google, where else?!) and found that this error is associated with the MySQL database on the host’s end. I have already sent my webhost an email, so hopefully they will be able to settle it soon.
Meanwhile, I have also found some instructions to change the permission file on the /tmp directory, since Errcode 13 says that the /tmp directory isn’t writable, but nope, the problem persists.
Anybody knows what else I can do, apart from waiting for a response from my webhost?
UPDATE: It’s fixed! Hooray! 
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Nothing.
It’s all up to the server end to do their job.
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Sorry for being the bearer of bad news - and for being able to offer zilch by way of technical assistance! Hope it’s fixed soon
joanna
Yeap! i noticed that error when i submitted my comment.
I don’t think there’s much you can do… most server and down once in a while. You should be able to see the server status from your PhpMyAdmin I think, depending on your host.
Good luck!
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Bummer! Hate when the tech goes wrong! I guess you could upload an index.html saying that there’s a technical hitch and that you should be back soon. Put a funny picture up or something. Hopefully by the time you get this suggestion it will all be fixed though!
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Thanks guys, my webhost fixed it (whatever it was), LOL. I sent them an email, but they did not get back to me, so I wasn’t very sure whether it was their problem — didn’t want to accuse anybody blindly, you see.
But when I logged on to check the sites this morning, they were OK..
The next time things like this happen, I’m just going straight to bed and forget about it, LOL.
Sometimes, these kinda problem force us to become expert in html, css, sql …
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Errr…dai kah cher, I thought I told you bout this when I left a comment on your previous blog post yesterday night?
Anyway, glad it’s fixed now. It’s good to have a responsible webhost!
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I got an error which is an internal error which my readers will not notice about it.
I can’t save or post anything on my blog. It has some errors with my htaccess folder which was fixed all by myself. I am proud!
I thought Google was so good, can’t they help you out in solving the problem?
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Jezz I hate these sql errors huh nothing but trouble. I’ve seen my fair share in the day but I never had one that was hosts problem they were always my issues!
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Bugger, MySql can be a real pain to fix. Thank God I backup my site daily.
Good practice for everyone to do,
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