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Last sunday afternoon (GMT), and similar the sunday before, the site refused each and every new message, with not-so-useful messages such as
"items needing attention: was unable to insert your message" or something similar. I don't recall whether it occurred on my first reply or not, so maybe I managed to get some things done, not sure.
Seems like the site entered kind of read-only mode, and needed an admin intervention to kick out of it. As a result several questions remained unanswered.
I do have the impression it may start of with some question, a reply being composed, the question being modified in the mean time, then the reply when composed its posting fails, and makes all later replies fail too.
Could you please look into this, and fix it or advise on what to do.
TIA
PS: seems like I'm not the only one, just found a message from Nish with somewhat similar observations.
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The issue was with a database backup leaving the database in a locked condition. I'm talking to the admin team at the hosting centre to see if they can shed some light on this.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Thanks. I hope you get it resolved.
Cheers
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What can I make out of this tweet on the cp feed, without a link (to LINQ)?
"LINQ FAQ Part 3: LINQ FAQ Part 3Read more..."
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Sorry about that - a known bug we're fixing today.
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Chris Maunder
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Could there be a quick check when someone creates a new thread to see if they have already posted the exact same thing before.
eg. This[^] first and then this[^] just a few minutes later.
(Bad example as they are not exactly the same, but you get the picture)
Give or take a couple of z's.
Also could there be a link at the top of the Java forum redirecting people with Javascript questions to the Web Development forum.
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If they are identical there is a check in place. I've seen it occasionally when I hit a time out.
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The American Way of War: Go over and help them.
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See subject.
I have been studiously ignoring the first post for some time, not that I could have answered them anyway.
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There never was a sticky on that forum.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Gosh I am observant aren't I?
I just suddenly noticed the lack and assumed there was a malfunction.
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Henry Minute wrote: assumed there was a malfunction
there is. it is stickylessness. Actually double stickylessness (how to ask, and how to answer). Exists in many forums. Which I have reported earlier to little avail.
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Snap.
Maybe a subtle difference in how stickies appear, not just the icon but possibly a different background to make them more noticeable.
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Lounge post re: twitter hack[^]
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Thanks Henry. We traced and it closed down the offending member's account.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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I started a new session a minute ago by clicking on the lounge link (from an old C# forum page) and got the custom error page (I didn't note the ticket number). I hit the back button and tried again, reaching the lounge but having all new posts marked read.
The European Way of War: Blow your own continent up.
The American Way of War: Go over and help them.
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We had an error in the code that was causing logons to fail. This would have caused a new session to be created.
This is the problem with session based 'new messages since...' tracking. If you have any ideas on how to make this more robust yet still seamless then I'd love to hear your thoughts.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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There seems to be problems with html tags in messages. Sometimes, when you cut/paste, not all of the pointy brackets get converted. Sometimes, the markup for the message itself (like the code tag) is converted to the ampersand markup and it borks up what you intended to show.
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Is there an example you can send me that consistently shows the problem?
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Chris Maunder
The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Is it possible to vote 1 without leaving explanation again? At least that happened to my latest article[^] (also it seems someone randomly voted messages in the article forum).
In fact, I don't think this requirement of leaving a message for votes 1 and 2 makes much sense anyway (3 becomes new 1), just want to make sure whether it was lifted or someone is gaming the system.
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Perhaps whoever voted it 1 also renamed the subject line.
Nemanja Trifunovic wrote: 3 becomes new 1
Yeah, 3 is indeed the new 1. But 3 is way better than 1
And I've also observed what I believe to be anonymous fresh accounts people create to vote a 1 because they don't want to risk a retaliation vote by using their regular CP profile to cast the vote.
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote: Perhaps whoever voted it 1 also renamed the subject line.
I don't think so - the vote wasn't there last night and there are no new messages since then.
Nishant Sivakumar wrote: And I've also observed what I believe to be anonymous fresh accounts people create to vote a 1 because they don't want to risk a retaliation vote by using their regular CP profile to cast the vote.
I am not surprised at all.
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Nemanja Trifunovic wrote: I don't think so - the vote wasn't there last night and there are no new messages since then.
Interesting. Not sure what could have happened then.
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Yes, it's possible to do. I brought this up months ago.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 ----- "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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I remember that. And once more we're not going to tell you how to do it
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When I try to reply, I get this :
Items that need attention:<br />
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•Unable to load forum
Then when I try again, I get this :
Items that need attention:<br />
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•There was an error attempting to insert your message.
Then when I refresh, the message is there. Kinda weird. Maybe it was just a temporary glitch.
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