MySQL server has gone away

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Article ID:	86
Created On:	Nov 15 2007 02:52 AM

Answer

PROBLEM:
After upgrading MySQL to version 5.x, I'm now getting this error:

The system has suffered an unrecoverable database error.
Error (if any): MySQL server has gone away

SOLUTION:
Increase the wait_timeout value in my.cnf