Comments - can not get past 150+1 as my max connections
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That's definitely not normally not the case (I've just tested on an instance of mine with it set as the last line), so there's another mystery, perhaps something to do with what you're using to edit it (phpMyAdmin?). Anyway, glad you got it working!
Yes, I know! It makes no sense. I believe what has happened is user error on my part. I had a copy of my old my.cnf in a different directory. I am running Windows Server 2016 and I typed my.cnf in the search bar. I suspect (facepalm) that I was editing the old my.cnf in error. Thought I had triple-checked to make sure if was the correct one. This is what happens when one is tired after a long day at work!
I am just glad it is working now!