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Tiffany Mac · Feb 22, 2003, 12:24 PM

When i try to load the MacNN forum using Safari, i've been getting and i keep on getting this message:

"There seems to have been a slight problem with the database.Please try again by pressing the refresh button in your browser. An E-Mail has been dispatched to our Technical Staff, who you can also contact if the problem persists. We apologise for any inconvenience."

If i reload the page, it normally shows up properly. Sometimes it takes 2-3 reloads. I emptied the cache but i don't know what else to do.

Has this been happening to you?

JLL · Feb 22, 2003, 12:30 PM

Yes, the forum database is having a bad day - again.

ericwass · Feb 22, 2003, 12:56 PM

ALL THE TIME!!!!!

kman42 · Feb 22, 2003, 02:05 PM

I got so fed up this morning that I signed up over at macosx.com. I'll see how things go over there. The community is smaller, but I have a feeling it will be growing with defectors from macnn if these problems continue.

kman

Developer · Feb 22, 2003, 02:16 PM

Dear admin, please fix this.

CheesePuff · Feb 22, 2003, 02:29 PM

Originally posted by kman42:
I got so fed up this morning that I signed up over at macosx.com. I'll see how things go over there. The community is smaller, but I have a feeling it will be growing with defectors from macnn if these problems continue.

kman

heh, the first thing I see when I go there is:

Welcome to our newest member, Green Leaf

sure we want to try that site?

kman42 · Feb 22, 2003, 02:30 PM

Originally posted by CheesePuff:
heh, the first thing I see when I go there is:

Welcome to our newest member, Green Leaf

sure we want to try that site?

I'm open for suggestions. I'm just tring it out.

kman

CheesePuff · Feb 22, 2003, 02:40 PM

Originally posted by kman42:
I'm open for suggestions. I'm just tring it out.

kman

I registered there a few months ago actually; and apprently they have 15,000 members (?).

Anyway, I hate the color so I had to stop using it.

Angus_D · Feb 22, 2003, 03:02 PM

gorgonzola said it's MySQL behaving badly, and randomly not letting php connect to its socket when i asked him a few weeks ago. I say it's probably misconfiguration, but he is aware of it and he's looking into it.

IUJHJSDHE · Feb 22, 2003, 04:33 PM

Originally posted by Tiffany Mac:
When i try to load the MacNN forum using Safari, i've been getting and i keep on getting this message:

"There seems to have been a slight problem with the database.Please try again by pressing the refresh button in your browser. An E-Mail has been dispatched to our Technical Staff, who you can also contact if the problem persists. We apologise for any inconvenience."

If i reload the page, it normally shows up properly. Sometimes it takes 2-3 reloads. I emptied the cache but i don't know what else to do.

Has this been happening to you?

1. This problem is on macnn and belongs in the lounge.
2. Even if this was a problem with the safari browser this still blongs in a different forum.

Please check for which forum you should put this in first.

This has nothing to do with OS X!!

Hi I'm Ben · Feb 22, 2003, 04:44 PM

Originally posted by IUJHJSDHE:
1. This problem is on macnn and belongs in the lounge.
2. Even if this was a problem with the safari browser this still blongs in a different forum.

Please check for which forum you should put this in first.

This has nothing to do with OS X!!

i missed the moderator tag on your name.

1. Don't boss people around you're not a moderator

2. Don't be a jerk
You have no control over what people do on this board!!!

OpenStep · Feb 22, 2003, 05:23 PM

Uhh,, it is in the wrong forum. Nothing related to OS X at all.

Synotic · Feb 22, 2003, 05:49 PM

Originally posted by OpenStep:
Uhh,, it is in the wrong forum. Nothing related to OS X at all.

The original poster thought it was because of Safari, there are quite a few posts about sites that don't work in Safari although they should be in Mac OS X Software.

Anyways, no it isn't a Safari thing, it's a MacNN thing.

tikki · Feb 22, 2003, 06:06 PM

Originally posted by Hi I'm Ben:
i missed the moderator tag on your name.

1. Don't boss people around you're not a moderator

2. Don't be a jerk
You have no control over what people do on this board!!!

take your own advice.

gorickey · Feb 22, 2003, 07:36 PM

What's the problem? Only took 9 "reloads" to get here...

MacGorilla · Feb 22, 2003, 07:49 PM

I'm just about fed up as well. This problem has been going on for months. I like this place but these continious errors are testing my patience.

OwlBoy · Feb 22, 2003, 07:52 PM

Its attacking my sig!

AHHH!

-Owl

Cipher13 · Feb 23, 2003, 05:21 AM

Originally posted by Hi I'm Ben:
i missed the moderator tag on your name.

1. Don't boss people around you're not a moderator

2. Don't be a jerk
You have no control over what people do on this board!!!

Troll.

Anyway, read the lounge for info.

cms · Feb 23, 2003, 06:13 AM

Originally posted by CheesePuff:
I registered there a few months ago actually; and apprently they have 15,000 members (?).

Anyway, I hate the color so I had to stop using it.

I just popped over to take a look. See what you mean about the colour. Absolutely vile!

brainchild2b · Feb 23, 2003, 08:28 AM

I'm tired of the mods here. They've always been polite don't get me wrong, but when it comes to fixing technical problems they are pretty much clueless.

I remember when they kept trying out all the different bulletin board software before finally getting smart and switching to vbulletin. A suggestion I used to make all the freaking time.

The new problem is with their database connection string and mySQL table corruptions. Somebody who knwo what they were doing could fix it very quickly and keep it fixed.

I recommend that the mods find somebody on this board to fix it for them :-)

JLL · Feb 23, 2003, 08:49 AM

Originally posted by brainchild2b:
�before finally getting smart and switching to vbulletin.

And then all the trouble started

Gul Banana · Feb 23, 2003, 09:13 AM

It's certainly getting rather noticeable...

rambo47 · Feb 23, 2003, 10:08 AM

Call the folks at Ars Technica and ask them for help. They have more members, more posts, and no db problems. Just find out what they're doing and copy it. Period.

JLL · Feb 23, 2003, 10:26 AM

Originally posted by rambo47:
Call the folks at Ars Technica and ask them for help. They have more members, more posts, and no db problems. Just find out what they're doing and copy it. Period.

They're not using vBulletin.

IUJHJSDHE · Feb 23, 2003, 12:19 PM

Originally posted by Synotic:
The original poster thought it was because of Safari, there are quite a few posts about sites that don't work in Safari although they should be in Mac OS X Software.

Anyways, no it isn't a Safari thing, it's a MacNN thing.

Yeah, but if he didn't know it was a problem on macnn, he still should of posted it in OS X software.

Thats what I meant by "Even if this was a problem with the safari browser this still blongs in a different forum."

Originally posted by MacGorilla:
I'm just about fed up as well. This problem has been going on for months. I like this place but these continious errors are testing my patience.

I really have not noticed them much.

gorgonzola · Feb 23, 2003, 02:00 PM

Originally posted by brainchild2b:
I'm tired of the mods here. They've always been polite don't get me wrong, but when it comes to fixing technical problems they are pretty much clueless.

That's not entirely true. The problems people really notice and complain about are the ones that are much harder to fix. Others come up, we just fix them much quicker. In addition, we're all unpaid volunteers and don't have an infinite number of hours to devote to solving MacNN problems. You are correct that none of us are professional systems administrators and generally have no official training in that regard; however, I think we do a pretty decent job keeping junk running around here given our volunteer status and actual experience.

If you'd like to (or know someone who would like to) spend several hours a day looking through MySQL logs and such for a few weeks without any compensation and think that you or they can fix stuff faster, be my guest.

I remember when they kept trying out all the different bulletin board software before finally getting smart and switching to vbulletin. A suggestion I used to make all the freaking time.

This is patently false. We used to use UBB and then switched to vBulletin. MacNN Forums have never used any other software. It's all well and good to make suggestions, but the UBB import scripts in older versions were not up to snuff, and that's kind of an important factor when transitioning a site of this size.

The new problem is with their database connection string and mySQL table corruptions. Somebody who knwo what they were doing could fix it very quickly and keep it fixed.

No, it has nothing to do with table corruptions.

I recommend that the mods find somebody on this board to fix it for them :-)

They're fixed now anyway.

Locking this thread, there's another one in the Lounge. And BTW, just because someone is not a mod does not mean that they have no right to tell you that you're posting in the wrong forum or that the thread is offtopic.