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i was adding products to my massive store database (db2) using a web interface. nothing unusual in that action. in the middle of adding a product the interface times out. on refresh i get an error that says "cannot connect to DB." i check my front end which uses a different DB (db1) and that returns a database error as well. when attempting to login to my hosting companies control panel (h-sphere) the login times out. so i figured the host is having problems.

well, the next day my websites still return the same error. however, i am able to log into the control panel.
currently:
phpmyadmin times out when connecting to db2 but not to db1
website 2 and 1 that connect to db2 and 1 return DB errors, respectively. my test subdomain that connects to db1 returns a DB error as well.
the control panels "Manage MySQL Databases" times out when connecting to db2 but not the others. somewhere (i forget) it reports that db2 size is 0. i assume it returns that value because it cannot connect to it. i was able to increase the size limit for this db but that did not solve the problem.
the hosts technical support sent the issue to their "senior techs."
again, i am able to browse around DB1 but the site that connect to DB1 gives a DB error. DB2 times out.



any ideas on how to help?