title: phpMyAdmin crashing the MySQL host server
body: <p>I have encountered this problem a couple of times, in the last few days. So, it happens occasionally. I have setup mysql on a remote machine, and there is a java program on another machine querying the database to read and write records every few seconds. </p>
  
  <p>I am using phpMyAdmin to administer my database. And, at times, after running some SQL query, the mysql server stops responding. Even the pinging the host machine doesn't succeed. And, I have to ask someone with physical access to the machine to boot it up again. </p>
  
  <p>I checked for log files but couldn't find them in the mysql directory. Is logging disabled by default? What is missing here? And, how can I go about troubleshooting this? </p>
  
  <p>EDIT:
  I was able to ping the server after some while. So, the server must have been temporarily busy. It's not a specific query but things like re-ordering the data of a table serially under the browse tab. </p>