where did the forums go?

Red and White · 8 Jan 2009 at 10:14

benneh said:
I know it's boring. But would it murder a mod to actually say what happened?.

database error in the middle of the night, fixed as soon as possible this morning.

benneh · 8 Jan 2009 at 10:17

Red and White said:
database error in the middle of the night, fixed as soon as possible this morning.

I meant specifically. I don't know a great deal about vB but it's mildly interesting.

Freefaller · 8 Jan 2009 at 10:17

Yes. And kittens would die too.

Nothing's been said yet, and it's more of an Admin issue, to me it just sounds as though there was a corrupt entry in the database and it just needed to be expunged. However I don't know enough about VB to be sure.

Tefal · 8 Jan 2009 at 10:31

Begbie said:
Ha you don't need to cuddle porn after.

LUL

schumi84 · 8 Jan 2009 at 10:35

Freefaller said:
Yes. And kittens would die too.

Nothing's been said yet, and it's more of an Admin issue, to me it just sounds as though there was a corrupt entry in the database and it just needed to be expunged. However I don't know enough about VB to be sure.

I am going for this reason, mainly because of the use of the word 'expunged', such a great word

Maccy · 8 Jan 2009 at 10:41

I was bored this morning

benneh · 8 Jan 2009 at 10:55

Freefaller said:
Yes. And kittens would die too.

Nothing's been said yet, and it's more of an Admin issue, to me it just sounds as though there was a corrupt entry in the database and it just needed to be expunged. However I don't know enough about VB to be sure.

Oh no.. T3h Kittenz!.

And yes, I also like the word 'expunged'.

Greebo · 8 Jan 2009 at 11:09

Freefaller said:
Nothing's been said yet, and it's more of an Admin issue, to me it just sounds as though there was a corrupt entry in the database and it just needed to be expunged. .

You've got rid of Fox????

Mr-White · 8 Jan 2009 at 11:13

this is why you should have a lay in, you get up and you're none the wiser

MW

Berserker · 8 Jan 2009 at 11:15

I'll say what I know from watching it happen.

The forum server went down at just before 2.30am this morning. Kernel panic, software failure or power failure, I can't tell, but the effect would be almost the same anyway. The server rebooted or powered back on a few minutes later and the database error message appeared. Apparently the web server had restarted but not MySQL.

Usually when a server goes down in an uncontrolled manner like this, MySQL needs some manual help cleaning up the database, so that would be the cause of the database errors until forum server or database admin woke up and had time to fix the problem.

Dup · 8 Jan 2009 at 11:27

I'm glad it broke. It went down around 3:15am and it inspired me to sleep, seeing as I had to be up at 8.30am at the latest to go to work.

gillywibble · 8 Jan 2009 at 13:47

It's made for quick reading today.

Chimerical · 8 Jan 2009 at 14:04

Everyone was suffering from withdrawal symptoms, clearly.

knowlesy · 9 Jan 2009 at 13:18

the ico has changed to a dude with glasses ....cool

Knubje · 9 Jan 2009 at 13:20

I heard it was a problem with the updoc

Steeps · 9 Jan 2009 at 13:35

Knubje said:
I heard it was a problem with the updoc

I fell for it

thepeganator · 9 Jan 2009 at 13:42

Ah thank heavens for lie ins and missing these things

Greenlizard0 · 9 Jan 2009 at 13:47

It went out yesterday too. I'm curious as to whether they'll come back at some point in black.

Tefal · 9 Jan 2009 at 13:47

Someone on msn said it was a DOS attack ? :confused:

Scania · 9 Jan 2009 at 13:48

Freefaller said:
Spie had a party and pushed the wrong button

Lies.

(He's buggered off for a bit of Snow fun iirc.

)