XF 1.1 Any idea what this error means?

[RobinHood]

Any idea what this error relates to?

I was trying to post a thread with only one character in the body, however it worked the second time I tried it.

Mysqli prepare error: MySQL server has gone away
Zend_Db_Statement_Mysqli->_prepare() in Zend/Db/Statement.php at line 115
Zend_Db_Statement->__construct() in Zend/Db/Adapter/Mysqli.php at line 381
Zend_Db_Adapter_Mysqli->prepare() in Zend/Db/Adapter/Abstract.php at line 478
Zend_Db_Adapter_Abstract->query() in Zend/Db/Adapter/Abstract.php at line 574
Zend_Db_Adapter_Abstract->insert() in XenForo/DataWriter.php at line 1591
XenForo_DataWriter->_insert() in XenForo/DataWriter.php at line 1580
XenForo_DataWriter->_save() in XenForo/DataWriter.php at line 1381
XenForo_DataWriter->save() in XenForo/ControllerPublic/Forum.php at line 490
XenForo_ControllerPublic_Forum->actionAddThread() in XenForo/FrontController.php at line 310
XenForo_FrontController->dispatch() in XenForo/FrontController.php at line 132
XenForo_FrontController->run() in /home/nameOfSite/public_html/index.php at line 13

 

[Digital Doctor]

Seems common.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/gone-away.html

common here at xenforo.com too

 

[Digital Doctor]

It's a server problem. Possible causes are explained at this link:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/gone-away.html

But it's almost always the result of one of these settings being exceeded:

wait_timeout
max_allowed_packet

 

[RobinHood]

Gotchya, thanks DD, my server has seemed a tad laggy and timed out once or twice this evening. Probably related to that, ta.