Apparently the growing traffic to the Blogs, Forums and childcare database put a bit of an unexpected strain on our database last night and this morning.

Basically - some people were seeing "max_connection" error messages when they tried to log in. Chalk that up to a learning curve on our part when it comes to database programming.

We made a few tweaks to the systems this morning - and things seem to be back on track.

Of course, if you are a MySQL expert who wants to provide any advice - we would be happy to hear from you!