if you only have FTP access, then highly likely you do not have access to the server’s my.ini.

If you get this “error 2006″, there are two options for you:
- modify your website’s code, so that it retrieves/writes data in smaller chunks; this is not guaranteed to, but may help;
- contact your hosting’s support, especially if you already read/write data in small chunks (e.g. several rows at a time, not thousands).

thanks

Solved commenting the line: wait_timeout=10

I leave it by default. I need to play more… testing with different values to better adjust.

Also, just before attempting the import, try

set session max_allowed_packet=128000000;

from within the mysql-client session (or just add this statement at the very top of the SQL file you are importing). I have no idea if this statement still works in current versions of MySQL – please post if it does [not].

When i try reconnecting after 5mins sleep/idle to mysql db from remote host it’s lossing it connection with the following error.

ERROR 2006 (HY000): MySQL server has gone away
No connection. Trying to reconnect…
Connection id: 19068867
Current database: *** NONE ***