# External script to query MariaDB sometime return an error

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**Created:** [January 18, 2023, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.genieacs.com/t/external-script-to-query-mariadb-sometime-return-an-error/3441 "2023-01-18T19:15:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.genieacs.com/t/external-script-to-query-mariadb-sometime-return-an-error/3441/2 "2023-01-18T19:22:01Z")

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> [@Extension timeout even with callback](https://forum.genieacs.com/t/extension-timeout-even-with-callback/2787/2):
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> I know that I am not answering your exact question, might be unrelated to your problem, and others might disagree with me on this, but I had the same problem about extensions time-out, and ended up using a reverse approach. Instead of going out to the network to ask for information, it is our restapi server which goes to the ACS, using a web page as middle man, which in turn creates a JSON text file on filesystem using the serial number as filename and the content passed by the post as is. Eac…

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