Error Code: 2006 - MySQL server has gone away

"Error Code: 2006 - MySQL server has gone away"

I think the most likely reason is that the (server) max_allowed_packet setting is too low compared to the size of BULK inserts in the file.

Old server versions dispaly only that in this situation. 5.0.41 say "got a package too big" or something like that!


Thanks that was exactly the problem. Followed the instructions below

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/packet-too-large.html

In Linux:

Copy the my-xxx.cnf file from /usr/share/mysql to /etc as my.cnf

xxx can be small, medium, large, huge ... depending on the requirement.

$ cp /usr/share/mysql/my-xxx.cnf /etc/my.cnf

In the my.cnf file, change the default
max_allowed_packet = 1M
to
max_allowed_packet = 16M

Save the file and restart MySQL server.

In Windows:

In the MySQL server installation directory,
in my.ini file, add the following line under [mysqld] in SERVER SECTION.

max_allowed_packet = 16M

Save the file and restart MySQL server.