MySQL server has gone away fix

connection_fix.rb

# If your workers are inactive for a long period of time, they'll lose
# their MySQL connection.
#
# This hack ensures we re-connect whenever a connection is
# lost. Because, really. why not?
#
# Stick this in RAILS_ROOT/config/initializers/connection_fix.rb (or somewhere similar)
#
# From:
#   http://coderrr.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/activerecord-threading-issues-and-resolutions/

#Prevents Rails from loading multiple times. I could use a global variable too, but still...
if !$LOADED_FEATURES.include?(__FILE__)
  if ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters.const_defined?(:MysqlAdapter)
    module ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters
      class MysqlAdapter
        alias_method :execute_without_retry, :execute
    
        def execute(*args)
          execute_without_retry(*args)
        rescue ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid => e
          if e.message =~ /server has gone away/i
            warn "Server timed out, retrying"
            reconnect!
            retry
          else
            raise e
          end
        end
      end
    end
  elsif ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters.const_defined?(:Mysql2Adapter)
    module ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters
      class Mysql2Adapter
        alias_method :execute_without_retry, :execute
    
        def execute(*args)
          execute_without_retry(*args)
        rescue ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid => e
          if e.message =~ /server has gone away/i
            warn "Server timed out, retrying"
            reconnect!
            retry
          else
            raise e
          end
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

#Prevents Rails from loading multiple times. I could use a global variable too, but still...
$LOADED_FEATURES << __FILE__