# Dbfail

If a client request fails due to a DB problem on our side, the server sends a dbfail message which specifies which request failed. Please note that this rarely happens.

**XML example**

```xml
<dbfail request="login" />
```

***XML attributes definition***

| Element | Attributes | Description                                             | Possible values |
| ------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- |
| dbfail  | *request*  | String specifying the type of the request which failed. | String          |


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