I can connect using cpanel mysql phpadmin, but my website returns these kind of errors upon any interaction with the database "PDOException: SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1467 Failed to read auto-increment value from storage engine: INSERT INTO {watchdog}...", The website server code makes the connection using PHP. Can't remember exact syntax as it's Drupal core code which has worked on thousands of websites for many years. domain name is herts.heliohost.org, server is stevie I think. Cpanel users where I'm having problems are brunik and shali Cheers Nick