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Offline ijed

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Forum Down
« on: June 14, 2012, 10:17:13 AM »
Yes, I broke the internal forum. 

I'm working on getting it back up - the various tools SMF comes with all kick back that there is no error, after telling me that there's an error.  And the page to manually fix it just shows an error message with a useless 'back' button.

Argh.
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Re: Forum Down
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2012, 10:51:13 AM »
This is a bug in SMF which I've been lucky enough to trip:

http://dev.simplemachines.org/mantis/view.php?id=4710

Still working on it.
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Re: Forum Down
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2012, 11:09:36 AM »
It seems I can't fix this from work since the FTP is blocked.

I need to modify the file directly, but can't get access to it.

Sorry guys, we'll be back soon.
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Re: Forum Down
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2012, 11:11:08 AM »
BTW, this is the SMF forum help thread I started:

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=479110.0
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Re: Forum Down
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2012, 11:17:55 AM »
unrelated, i just noticed this in the recent posts:

Re: Forum Structure, Webspace & Project Infrastructure by rj (RMQ Development)
Today at 07:08:23 AM
Re: Forum Structure, Webspace & Project Infrastructure by ijed (RMQ Development)
Today at 02:37:24 AM
Re: Forum Structure, Webspace & Project Infrastructure by rj (RMQ Development)
June 13, 2012, 11:47:16 PM
Re: Project Name / Storyline by rj (RMQ Development)
June 13, 2012, 11:30:43 PM

i thought your post (and consequently my reply at 7:08 this morning) was in the story thread, so should be interpreted thusly. i'm not much of a morning person

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Re: Forum Down
« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2012, 11:28:47 AM »
No problem :)

Compared to my error that's nothing. 

And I'm blocked from fixing it because of the ports not being open at my office - the same issue with how I can't access the SVN from here.
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Re: Forum Down
« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2012, 01:58:21 PM »
One minor niggle with the forum software is that when you make a post and get some error message when posting, the reply might actually appear in the thread but not in the list of recent posts. This seems to have no other negative effect though.

My one advice about admin'ing is: if it ain't absolutely broke, don't attempt to fix it. Do as little as possible - a seemingly small problem can turn into a world of hurt.

Also back up the rmqboard.db file now and then.

That's about all. This specific error is probably fixable once you can get into the server.  :)
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Re: Forum Down
« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2012, 02:02:53 PM »
Yeah, I don't see it being a massive problem - once I get out of the office.

Was just unlucky that my mouseclick typo hit a very nasty bug in our very slightly outdated SMF version. 

Ah well. 

We should be back up and running tomorrow.
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Re: Forum Down
« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2012, 06:12:55 PM »
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Also back up the rmqboard.db file now and then.

Yeah, backing up the database is the most wise thing you can do.
If you lose the infrastructure you re-install everything, losing the database is much more traumatic.

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Re: Forum Down
« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2012, 06:32:08 PM »
Well, today has been a cruel lesson.  It seems there are tools to autobackup the database, which is basically all I needed - an undo button.

All going well, it should be back up in a couple of hours.
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Re: Forum Down
« Reply #10 on: June 15, 2012, 10:51:56 AM »
We're still working on this, though I don't have an ETA for the fix as of yet.
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Re: Forum Down
« Reply #11 on: Today at 04:07:56 AM »
The forum is back! I've managed to fix the corrupted table, and removed all other garbage (the salvaged boards, which were empty).

Bringing some Quakeness to RMQ forum...
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« Reply #12 on: Today at 05:06:04 AM »
After the fix, I decided to upgrade the forum to the latest version, 2.0.2. It's all done.

Starting from next week, I'll start working on forum graphics and bring some Quakeness to it.

Bringing some Quakeness to RMQ forum...
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Re: Forum Down
« Reply #13 on: Today at 05:37:32 AM »
Starting from next week, I'll start working on forum graphics and bring some Quakeness to it.

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Re: Forum Down
« Reply #14 on: Today at 09:44:57 AM »
Good job.
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