Database error message !!!!!
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Their IT guy's need to be beaten, if I had paying clients (the Supporting Vendors) on my sites and had so many errors, they would have beaten me to death already ...
I know that IB charges a ton, over $200 per month to advertise, that's a lot of money from a lot of people to have a site run so poorly.
They need a new DBA ... or a real DBA to look at their database to see how f'ed it really is.
I know that IB charges a ton, over $200 per month to advertise, that's a lot of money from a lot of people to have a site run so poorly.
They need a new DBA ... or a real DBA to look at their database to see how f'ed it really is.
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Of course it makes sense to buy the software company of the makers of the forum software if you have many forum sites like they do. They probably get their very own custom code builds. How does that go... why buy the milk when you can own the cow.
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Beyond frustrating.......
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Well that's interesting. Of course in these economical times, they are probably not investing much into software development. Most of us are just trying to survive until things change directions.
Of course it makes sense to buy the software company of the makers of the forum software if you have many forum sites like they do. They probably get their very own custom code builds. How does that go... why buy the milk when you can own the cow.
Of course it makes sense to buy the software company of the makers of the forum software if you have many forum sites like they do. They probably get their very own custom code builds. How does that go... why buy the milk when you can own the cow.
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Seriously, this is really really bad... If I was a paying advertisor, I'd want to see some $$ coming back... The DB IS and has been corrupt for some time and I bet they just keep going to backups that probably have never been checked, verified or correctly restored..
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I'm a user of multiple software systems... Wouldn't it be nice if technical staff knew how to FIX problems.......
Seriously, this is really really bad... If I was a paying advertisor, I'd want to see some $$ coming back... The DB IS and has been corrupt for some time and I bet they just keep going to backups that probably have never been checked, verified or correctly restored..
Seriously, this is really really bad... If I was a paying advertisor, I'd want to see some $$ coming back... The DB IS and has been corrupt for some time and I bet they just keep going to backups that probably have never been checked, verified or correctly restored..
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I can't speak officially as I'm not in charge of CF nor do I work on CF, but I do not believe the database is "corrupt". The database error message that users see is a generic vB error message, such as a "Service Engine Soon" light. It can mean database errors (corruption), or it can mean connection errors. From what I've seen, it's not a corruption error, but instead, is a connection error.
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I can't speak officially as I'm not in charge of CF nor do I work on CF, but I do not believe the database is "corrupt". The database error message that users see is a generic vB error message, such as a "Service Engine Soon" light. It can mean database errors (corruption), or it can mean connection errors. From what I've seen, it's not a corruption error, but instead, is a connection error.
Since they look to be using the LAMP(linux,apache,mysql,PHP) stack I'm willing to bet the also upgraded some software without checking what version work with what ever they got.. Open Source sucks with these types of issues and htey probably don't have a good support mechanisim in place.. That is fairly obvious..
/joe
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Finally tired of it myself. I normally give up after 5 min or so. Sometimes I dont get to the forum for days because of this.
I figured this thread was here, and so it is.
I will say that I may stop selling parts in the for sale sections. I simply cant get back to people in a timley manner sometimes.
I figured this thread was here, and so it is.
I will say that I may stop selling parts in the for sale sections. I simply cant get back to people in a timley manner sometimes.
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Agreed that is possible, but if it was indeed a connection type of error then I wouldn't be able to ping the server and get a response (not a great indication, but at least the server is partially up). I still think it's a DB error tho as the data is written to a DB as just a blob of data, if it can't get to it, you get the DB error...
Since they look to be using the LAMP(linux,apache,mysql,PHP) stack I'm willing to bet the also upgraded some software without checking what version work with what ever they got.. Open Source sucks with these types of issues and htey probably don't have a good support mechanisim in place.. That is fairly obvious..
/joe
Since they look to be using the LAMP(linux,apache,mysql,PHP) stack I'm willing to bet the also upgraded some software without checking what version work with what ever they got.. Open Source sucks with these types of issues and htey probably don't have a good support mechanisim in place.. That is fairly obvious..
/joe
The connect issue I speak of is with mysql. The exact error, which someone already did post so it's not a secret, is:
mysql_connect() [<a href='function.mysql-connect'>function.mysql-connect</a>]: Too many connections
Last edited by J T; Feb 26, 2009 at 04:34 PM.
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You are pinging the webserver. That doesn't necessary give an indication about the mysql server, nor an overall picture.
The connect issue I speak of is with mysql. The exact error, which someone already did post so it's not a secret, is:
So pinging the webserver/apache would not reveal that issue to the user. It does not appear to be a corrupt database, but a connection/resource issue.
The connect issue I speak of is with mysql. The exact error, which someone already did post so it's not a secret, is:
So pinging the webserver/apache would not reveal that issue to the user. It does not appear to be a corrupt database, but a connection/resource issue.
/jc