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#1 User is offline   Karl Buckland 

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Posted 11 February 2008 - 11:05 AM

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...
QUOTE(benbramz @ Aug 17 2007, 07:44 AM) 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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Posted 11 February 2008 - 12:08 PM

Glad it's all backup :)

Erm, fixing it, use a backup I guess, how did you fix it then, now I'm curious!
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#3 User is offline   Karl Buckland 

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Posted 11 February 2008 - 12:18 PM

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?
QUOTE(benbramz @ Aug 17 2007, 07:44 AM) 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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Posted 11 February 2008 - 05:03 PM

Glad to have :wr: 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 :).
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Posted 11 February 2008 - 06:32 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:
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Posted 11 February 2008 - 07:57 PM

View Posthaku, on Feb 11 2008, 11:32 PM, said:

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:

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.

View PostSirkent, on 21 September 2007 - 04:26 AM, said:

<monty python high-pitched female voice>I DON'T LIKE SPAM!</monty python high-pitched female voice>
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Posted 11 February 2008 - 10:52 PM

Looks like you unlocked it from WebRadiance altogether - its gone! :)

Its all good though.
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#8 User is offline   Karl Buckland 

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Posted 12 February 2008 - 04:34 AM

It may not have exported if it didn't have an id?
QUOTE(benbramz @ Aug 17 2007, 07:44 AM) 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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#9 User is offline   Ben Abrams 

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Posted 12 February 2008 - 05:44 AM

View Posthaku, on Feb 12 2008, 03:52 AM, said:

Looks like you unlocked it from WebRadiance altogether - its gone! :)

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.

View PostSirkent, on 21 September 2007 - 04:26 AM, said:

<monty python high-pitched female voice>I DON'T LIKE SPAM!</monty python high-pitched female voice>
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Posted 12 February 2008 - 12:30 PM

think it was in like the 3rd page of general discussion if that helps
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Posted 12 February 2008 - 02:08 PM

Glad to see its all been bandaged up :D

Weird problem though :S
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