Error: Could not make connection to flight mysql server.

[tgibson_new]

Error: Could not make connection to flight mysql server.

 

This error occurs when I try to download a file from the library. It is also happening with other people as well.

 

Hope this helps,

[mrzippy]

I just tried it also! Same result! :eek:

[graemeb]

Same here - library download does not seem to be working.

[Tristar35]

Same on my end as well. Still getting the MySQL error when attempting to download anything from the file library.

[airbasil]

Same here.... hopefully someone can restore the library asap!

 

Thanks in advance!

[DDEN21]

Same think here... "Error: Could not make connection to flight mysql server."

and i'm a supporting membership ! ...

[leuen]

So why one of the administrators doesn't reply and explain the reasons?????????

 

Ooh, I forgot, it's Sunday .....

Edited October 9, 2022 by leuen

[mrzippy]

Just sent a message to the webmaster with a link to this thread.

[rick]

Fixed!

[Joe]

Hello all, Not sure really what happened but after some maintenance yesterday and reboot on of the download servers did not come back proper this has been resolved.. So sorry for all the troubles.

 

Tested and things are working again,,

 

Joe

[Joe]

Just sent a message to the webmaster with a link to this thread.

 

Thank you for the email!!

[tgibson_new]

Glad you did that. I couldn’t find an address to send a message to.

[mrzippy]

Thanks for getting it resolved! I'll let the guys at SOH know, also! ;)

[Rnglgdj]

Thanks for the fix.

 

Don R

[tgibson_new]

Found the email address. The Contact Us link at the bottom of the Upload page.

 

Thanks for fixing this,

[MichalFox]

It should work now. I just downloaded two FS98 scenery files after not being able to do so yesterday.

 

signed,

 

Artur.

[mick99]

I saw this thread when I came to the forum to ask about an FTP connection problem and I see that it was a problem for others a week ago. At least this tells me that the problem isn't on my end.

 

After most of this year without a real confutor, my new-build rig is at the point where I'm starting to load and set up software. Today I put in Filezilla and it couldn't connect with Flightsim using the information on the Uploads page. I had no trouble connecting with two other FTP sites.

 

Since there hasn't been a post in this thread for over a week, I thought I should post this just in case anyone doesn't know that the problem continues, though I suppose that's already known and that it's being worked on.

[mick99]

OK, here's a head-scratcher for ya'

 

I thought I'd try making an FTP connection to see if it was working yet, and when I highlighted ftp.flightsim.com to copy it and paste into the quick connection host window in Filezilla my context menu offered to open the link. Out of curiosity I clicked yes and I was welcomed to the Official Boston Area MG Club Website. Weird, huh? Curious indeed!

 

I'm posting this for a chuckle, but also in the hope that it might offer a clue to whoever is trying to fix the problem.

[il88pp]

just so you know. this thread is not really about downloading via ftp.

 

It was about getting an error when downloading in the normal way.

(and that works fine now.)

[mick99]

I had no idea that downloading via FTP was even possible. I thought it was just for uploading. Now I see why there are comments that the problem was fixed.

 

But all is not well, as it’s still not possible to upload via FTP, because it’s not possible to set up a connection. That might be because the Flightsim FTP address somehow leads to a completely unrelated site.

 

Maybe that’s a clue to why FTP uploads remain impossible. It might also be a clue that the problem is not with Flightsim but with the web hosting service. Either way, I hope someone will get it fixed.