# mysql lost connection error

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**Category:** Other MySQL® Questions\
**Created:** [December 2, 2008, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mysql-lost-connection-error/1018 "2008-12-02T08:18:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![akshay\_07](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@akshay\_07](https://forums.percona.com/u/akshay_07)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mysql-lost-connection-error/1018/1 "2008-12-02T08:18:52Z")

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i m running a delete query.it takes huge amount of time. after that it shows lost connection error.  
after that mysql shows socket error.

plese help me.

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**Author:** ![xaprb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/49beb7/32.png) [@xaprb](https://forums.percona.com/u/xaprb)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 6:20am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mysql-lost-connection-error/1018/2 "2009-12-25T06:20:21Z")

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