[GENERAL] Could not flush socket buffer- what does this mean???

I get this error from time to time. What does this mean, How can I correct it ADODB.Recordset.1, 80004005, Error while executing the query; Could not send Query to backend; Could not flush socket buffer.

[GENERAL] Large Objects

A couple of questions and concerns about Blobs. I'm wondering what kind of performance hits do BLOBS have on a database large database. Currently working on implementing a database with images. I guess i'm looking for some numbers showing the performence. Note that it would be for web databas