[mythtv-users] MythTV not really deleting files
Peter Bennett
pb.mythtv at gmail.com
Wed Jan 31 14:31:42 UTC 2024
On 1/31/24 01:39, Timothy Witham wrote:
> Since I was in perl and not SQL, I opted to do this like
> flush_deleted_recgroup.pl did. This mostly worked, it caused backend
> to start deleting the files one by one. But after several dozen, he
> started complaining:
>
> Jan 30 13:27:59 mythtv mythbackend: mythbackend[2980]: E DeleteThread
> mythdbcon.cpp:238 (OpenDatabase) [DBManager870] Unable to connect to
> database!
> Jan 30 13:27:59 mythtv mythbackend: mythbackend[2980]: E DeleteThread
> mythdbcon.cpp:239 (OpenDatabase) Driver error was [1/1040]:#012QMYSQL:
> Unable to connect#012Database error was:#012Too many connections
> Jan 30 13:27:59 mythtv mythbackend: mythbackend[2980]: E DeleteThread
> mainserver.cpp:2411 (DoDeleteThread) MainServer: ERROR opening
> database connection for Delete Thread for chanid 1181 recorded at
> 2021-01-20T14:30:00Z. Program will NOT be deleted.
>
> Does this indicate a bug that each delete is a new connection that
> doesn't close? Or did I do something wrong? Backend restart got the
> deletes going again.
What version of MythTV are you running? I remember this bug was reported
years ago and was fixed. Maybe the bug is back?
Peter
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