We have an online application system for potential employees to apply for the company. This online application was developed years ago by a predecessor. When an online application is submitted it informs the applicant that either the application was submitted successfully, or that it failed to submit to database.
Directly after submitting to the database it sends an email to the applicant as well as to our internal HR department.
Recently the online application has started to deny submissions to the database. I can test it one minute and it works fine, the next minute it doesn't. Wait two minutes and it works again. It has been very intermittent and is beginning to drive me up the wall.
The website uses an 'sa' account to log into the SQL Server, and the account is active and functioning properly
There are no network hiccups during the...