Accidently clicked "check database"

[mrmadcty]

I tried searching on the topic but have had mixed results.

 

I'm just wondering if I messed up good or if this is something I can recover from.

 

MySQL 5

PHP 5

Cpanel 10

Vbulletin 3.5 (was about to upgrade)

 

I hope the above is all the info needed, if not I apologize.

 

So I accidently clicked the "check database" button within the Cpanel's account maintenance window while my forum was active. Now the forums are down and we receive a message stating that "there is a slight problem with the database".

 

Someone want to call me a jackass now and tell me how bad I messed up?

 

I'm not the greatest coder in the world, and sql isn't my area of expertise. I do have a rather large community that is currently homeless, so any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks

 

[effigy]

Does Cpanel have documentation that describes what "check database" does?

[mrmadcty]

Unfortunately I can't find any if there is. The only documentation they offer links me to the mysql documentation.

 

I did check my config.php for vbulletin and remembered that I have an email that errors are sent to. Here's the error generated:

 

Subject: vBulletin (Forum) Database error!  All headers 

Database error in vBulletin :

 

Link-ID == false, connect failed

mysql error:

 

mysql error number: 0

 

Maybe that will be helpful?

 

Thanks

[mrmadcty]

You know, I wonder if that's just telling me that the socket can't be found. It looks to be that maybe mysql just needs to have the instance restarted by our host.

 

I hope it's that easy.