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Sirkent
post Feb 11 2008, 11:05 AM
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WebRadiance had a bit of a foul turn over the weekend, but we've nursed it back to health and have returned. I hope you didn't miss us too much!

So what happened? Well... actually, I have no idea. Somehow, all of the auto increment flags on the database tables vanished, reducing the website to a snivelling wreck. It doesn't appear that anyone was performing maintenance or that we were hacked because, as you can see, everything is still here. This could simply be one of those strange problems with no apparent cause. If anyone has a convincing theory about how it could have happened then I'd love to hear it because I'm out of ideas!

As always, if you spot any problems then please don't hesitate to let someone from the Admin team know.

Oh, and I'd be interested to hear how you would have fixed the problem? Answers on a postcard please...


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Ive noticed that quite a few people are now adding quotes from the board into their signature. I think its started an new web-radiance craze.. :P
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post Feb 11 2008, 12:08 PM
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Glad it's all backup smile.gif

Erm, fixing it, use a backup I guess, how did you fix it then, now I'm curious!


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post Feb 11 2008, 12:18 PM
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Usually we have backups, but seeing as we just transferred to a new host, I haven't yet updated the backup script. And even if we did have a backup, a backup can only be taken so often and we could still have lost a few hours of activity on the website. Obviously, I didn't restore a backup. Any more ideas?


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Ive noticed that quite a few people are now adding quotes from the board into their signature. I think its started an new web-radiance craze.. :P
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post Feb 11 2008, 05:03 PM
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Glad to have wr.gif back. I was on just before it was taken down for maintenance. I started a thread which understandably is not around. It was after posting that I noticed something wasn't right because although I could see that it did post I could not get in. The next thing I saw a little later was the maintenance notice. Anyways glad to be back smile.gif.
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post Feb 11 2008, 06:32 PM
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Glad you guys got it up and going again!

Except I was trying to post in the "a game" thread before the crash and couldn't do it. Now that thread is locked! huh.gif


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post Feb 11 2008, 07:57 PM
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QUOTE(haku @ Feb 11 2008, 11:32 PM) *
Glad you guys got it up and going again!

Except I was trying to post in the "a game" thread before the crash and couldn't do it. Now that thread is locked! huh.gif

That was me, sorry, i'll unlock it now.

There was an issue with inekes post not being assigned the id. I didn't realise the issue was database-wide at that time.


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<monty python high-pitched female voice>I DON'T LIKE SPAM!</monty python high-pitched female voice>
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post Feb 11 2008, 10:52 PM
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Looks like you unlocked it from WebRadiance altogether - its gone! smile.gif

Its all good though.


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post Feb 12 2008, 04:34 AM
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It may not have exported if it didn't have an id?


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Ive noticed that quite a few people are now adding quotes from the board into their signature. I think its started an new web-radiance craze.. :P
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post Feb 12 2008, 05:44 AM
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QUOTE(haku @ Feb 12 2008, 03:52 AM) *
Looks like you unlocked it from WebRadiance altogether - its gone! smile.gif

Its all good though.

no, the thread is still there, i just had to delete inekes post (as it didnt have an id) so it thinks the thread is old, and thus has dropped down a few pages. Just make a search for it.


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<monty python high-pitched female voice>I DON'T LIKE SPAM!</monty python high-pitched female voice>
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post Feb 12 2008, 12:30 PM
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think it was in like the 3rd page of general discussion if that helps


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post Feb 12 2008, 02:08 PM
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Glad to see its all been bandaged up biggrin.gif

Weird problem though :S


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