[Err] 2006 – MySQL server has gone away Navicat/WordPress [solved]

Recently I tried upgrading to the latest version of the WordPress Download Monitor plugin. It did not go well 🙁

Thus, I tried to revert from a backup made using Navicat. Unfortunately, the restore would fail every time while trying to import my wp_posts table (a pretty important table!) I tried exporting the backup to a SQL dump and importing that. No luck.

Finally, I tried resolving the actual ‘MySQL server has gone away’ issue itself and I had success. This tip is the one that was most helpful:

You should increase the ‘max_allowed_packet’ and ‘wait_timeout’ values for your target server.
In menu, choose Tools > Server Monitor
1. check the box for the target server which you employ data transfer
2. click the tab “Variables”
3. scroll down and find the variable ‘max_allowed_packet’ and ‘wait_timeout’
4. click the “…” button
5. enter a larger value as variable value and press OK

Source: https://community.navicat.com/forum/navicat-product/navicat-for-mysql/141-data-transfer-error-mysql-server-has-gone-away

After adjusting the  ‘max_allowed_packet’ and ‘wait_timeout’ settings I was able to restore my backup, woot! 🙂

Screenshot showing the wait_timeout variable in Navicat Server Monitor

Screenshot showing the wait_timeout variable in Navicat Server Monitor

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