Database Error

Error message returned from the database:

Could not execute query [Native Error: MySQL server has gone away] [User Info: SELECT ProductCategory.categoryID, ProductCategory.productID, Category.ID AS "Category_ID", Category.parentNodeID AS "Category_parentNodeID", Category.lft AS "Category_lft", Category.rgt AS "Category_rgt", Category.defaultImageID AS "Category_defaultImageID", Category.eavObjectID AS "Category_eavObjectID", Category.name AS "Category_name", Category.description AS "Category_description", Category.keywords AS "Category_keywords", Category.pageTitle AS "Category_pageTitle", Category.isEnabled AS "Category_isEnabled", Category.availableProductCount AS "Category_availableProductCount", Category.activeProductCount AS "Category_activeProductCount", Category.totalProductCount AS "Category_totalProductCount" FROM ProductCategory LEFT JOIN `Category` AS `Category` ON ProductCategory.categoryID = Category.ID WHERE ((Category.isEnabled=1) AND (ProductCategory.productID=3290)) ORDER BY Category.lft ASC]