When issuing a query on MySQL I get a Lost Connection error

ERROR 2013 (HY000) at line xx: Lost connection to MySQL server during query

A Lost Connection error occurs when:

• You have network connectivity issues.
• Your query is taking too long to complete.

If you are consistently getting this error and queries are taking longer than 30 seconds (the default value for MySQL’s net_read_timeout variable) to complete:

• Check for network connectivity issues.
• Revise your query to not send as much data, and therefore be faster.
• Split your query into multiple smaller queries.