[mythtv-users] MythTV not really deleting files

[Peter Bennett]

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