Recently I was attempting to import a large (136mb) SQL backup for a new client. I first created a database and db user in PHPMYADMIN (most current version). Then using my Windows workstation, I launched MySQL Workbench 6.1 (my favorite tool for importing/exporting) and tried to do a Server–>Data Import. Pointed it to the 136mb…
MYSQL import fails with “ERROR 2006 (HY000) at line 44: MySQL server has gone away”
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