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Post by Jay » Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:58 pm

Sorry for all the issues today.  The hosting provider was having problems with the database software on our server and it was taking the site down as well as corrupting the database.  Hopefully we've made it through and from here on things will be smooth.
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Post by noirengineer » Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:37 pm

Jay wrote: Sorry for all the issues today.  The hosting provider was having problems with the database software on our server and it was taking the site down as well as corrupting the database.  Hopefully we've made it through and from here on things will be smooth.
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Post by Stereordinary » Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:57 pm

Glad to know it wasn't just my broke ass.  ;D

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Post by Jay » Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:59 pm

I'm glad it wasn't the forums software...  fixing problems related to the forum can be a real nightmare.  :wtf:
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Post by glimmertwin » Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:21 pm

Phew - I was freaking out for a minute.  I actually went to the fenderforum to see if someone had posted over there with similar problems or if it was just me. 
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Post by RumorsOFsurF » Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:21 pm

I was lurking from my phone at work, and I couldn't get the site to work.  I thought it was my service...

I've been here over 18 months, and this is the first time I recall any site problems.  Keep up the great work, fellas  (and whoever the hosts the site).  8)
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Post by chrisjedijane » Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:43 am

The downtime terrible, I actually had to TALK to my housemates last night!  ;D
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Post by noirengineer » Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:07 am

lol chris
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Re: Board issues...

Post by Loomer » Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:44 am

I tried the search function several times and kept getting this message:

Database Error
Please try again. If you come back to this error screen, report the error to an administrator.
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Post by Jay » Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:20 am

Fixed the search error and checked the rest of the database.  I don't see any other crashed tables so that should about do it.
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Post by Mighty Tom » Thu Sep 11, 2008 12:39 pm

Was anything like this happening again today, or was there a completely separate reason for the site being replaced by a domain squatter page?
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Post by Pingu » Thu Sep 11, 2008 12:46 pm

I noticed nothing, but i wasn't home for most of the day.
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Post by JazzBlaster » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:00 pm

Mighty Tom wrote: Was anything like this happening again today, or was there a completely separate reason for the site being replaced by a domain squatter page?
I had this issue as well
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Post by noirengineer » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:16 pm

i had no access for an hour or so
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Post by Jay » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:16 pm

Our fucking doooooshbag host didn't re-propagate the domain (regardless of the fact that I auto-registered it a month ago) and so they let the record expire and the squatter page showed up.  I'm ROYALLY PISSED OFF about this.  I may look for a new host/registrar in which case there would be a bit more down time. 
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