Intentionally get a "MySQL server has gone away" error

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Published on 2011-11-24T08:54:29Z Indexed on 2011/11/27 17:49 UTC
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I'm trying to cope with MySQL's error MySQL server has gone away in a django env.

The quick workaround was to set the global wait_timeout MySQL variable to a huge value, but in the long run this would accumulate to many open connections.

I figured I'll get the wait_timeout variable and poll the server in smaller intervals. After implementing this I tried to test it but am failing to get the error.

I set global wait_timeout=15 and even set global interactive_timeout=15 but the connection refuses to disappear. I'm sure I'm polling the database in larger intervals than 15sec.

What could be the cause for not being able to recreate this error?

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