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The T 
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 16 2006 Location: FL, USA Status: Offline Points: 17493 |
 Topic: The website is slow, sometimes doesn't work at allPosted: June 20 2008 at 13:34 |
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I'm not talking about loading times for pages as we have 023972 signatures and sh*t that takes a lot of time... I'm talking when you press the link for, say, an specific thread, it takes SO long sometimes to get there, and sometimes, like yesterday a few times, it didn't get there at all and I had one of two possible messages, either "server forum error" or something like that or the IE-generated "Internet Explorer can't open this page" or something. Now, it's not my computer (I have two) nor my conecction (every other website works perfectly... even Mike's slow-as-hell ratingfreak!!
  ).....
And the worst thing is the recurrent problem with replies lost. It has gotten to a point where, whenever I write a reply or a new topic, I actually copy all the text just in case I get the glorious "forum error" message and lose everything, like has happened coutless times to me in the last month.
So please whoever has to do something.. maybe the band requires more bandwidth (I don't know nothing about that) or a new server or a deal with Dream Theater.net or something, but please...for the first time ever, PA is becoming a nuisance... and not because of the posts therein!!!
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Padraic
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 16 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Status: Offline Points: 31169 |
Posted: June 20 2008 at 13:37 |
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Just to chime in with additional data - I am also experiencing server errors and "eaten" posts at an increasing rate, and experiencing the link lag times that Teo is talking about as well.
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The T
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 16 2006 Location: FL, USA Status: Offline Points: 17493 |
Posted: June 20 2008 at 13:38 |
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Server Error in Forum Application An error has occurred while writing to the database. Please contact the forum administrator. Support Error Code:- err_SQLServer_save_new_post_data File Name:- new_post.asp Error details:- Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server Timeout expired It just happened to me!! ook.. evidence....
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Petrovsk Mizinski
Prog Reviewer 
Joined: December 24 2007 Location: Ukraine Status: Offline Points: 25210 |
Posted: June 20 2008 at 13:44 |
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^That happens to me at least 5 times a day when using PA.
Sometimes I get that error up to 30 times a day. And like The T, I usually hit control+C on my text before I post in case I lose it. It's been incredibly frustrating when I've made well thought out posts that took me fair amounts of time to do, only for it to be eaten by the dreaded white screen error. |
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Easy Livin
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Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: February 21 2004 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 15585 |
Posted: June 20 2008 at 13:56 |
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Any sort of pattern? Are some times of the day better than others? I get the time out very occasionally, but certainly not daily. I wonder if there is a peak time?
Please also mention the operating system/browser being used, in case there is a problem with one particular type.
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Padraic
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 16 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Status: Offline Points: 31169 |
Posted: June 20 2008 at 13:58 |
Bob, to be honest I don't notice any one time of day being any worse than another. I feel like only a month ago I would only rarely get the server forum error Teo describes, now like Harry said I probably get about 5 a day. Linux/Firefox, for what it's worth. |
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Petrovsk Mizinski
Prog Reviewer
Joined: December 24 2007 Location: Ukraine Status: Offline Points: 25210 |
Posted: June 20 2008 at 14:08 |
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I've used 4 different browsers in the last few weeks, the browser being used is meaningless.
You get the errors regardless of whether you use Opera, Firefox, IE etc. I recently upgraded from Firefox 2 to version 3. Still get the errors. Time of day, no correlation for me. And for those that might bring up the sigs correlation, it's pretty much been established you can get the error and/or slow loading times going to a page with barely any sigs, or a page full of sigs. I could quite easily have a page full of signatures load up in about 1/4 of a second, but try to go into a new topic which hasn't been posted in yet other than the starter post, and it could take 5 minutes. |
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burritounit
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 18 2007 Location: Puerto Rico Status: Offline Points: 2551 |
Posted: June 20 2008 at 14:15 |
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I've been getting the same issue more often than before but didn't realize up until now.
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"I've walked on water, run through fire, can't seem to feel it anymore. It was me, waiting for me..."
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Man With Hat
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Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Canterbury Team Joined: March 12 2005 Location: Neurotica Status: Offline Points: 166178 |
Posted: June 20 2008 at 14:46 |
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Ironically, I can't quoteBob's post, I've tried multiple times to post this already, and it sure as hell takes a long time to get nowhere.
I either get a blank page, the error that T posted above, or literally I will just sit at the page with the link.
Add my name to the list. This has been happening more and more to me as of late. Also the prog recs section is easily the worst for me. It takes a very long time to open it.
I'm on IE (6 I think).
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
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Petrovsk Mizinski
Prog Reviewer
Joined: December 24 2007 Location: Ukraine Status: Offline Points: 25210 |
Posted: June 20 2008 at 14:54 |
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^"I think", lol.
Dude, just click Help and then About, and IE will tell you the version. But as I stated, the browser has no effect on the errors, as I've used several browsers while using PA. |
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The T
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 16 2006 Location: FL, USA Status: Offline Points: 17493 |
Posted: June 20 2008 at 16:52 |
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Bump.
people need to report.. it happened to me.. again...
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Petrovsk Mizinski
Prog Reviewer
Joined: December 24 2007 Location: Ukraine Status: Offline Points: 25210 |
Posted: June 20 2008 at 17:09 |
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It's happened to me about 10 times in the last hour.
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micky
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 02 2005 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 46833 |
Posted: June 20 2008 at 17:37 |
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maybe we can eliminate some of the off-topic areas
 .... a lot of dead weight that probably slows the server down. Hopefully we won't see any of the spammers here complaining about speed when threads about nothing eat more server space in a day than all the prog discussion combined hahahha.
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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Slartibartfast
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Honorary Collaborator / In Memoriam Joined: April 29 2006 Location: Atlantais Status: Offline Points: 29630 |
Posted: June 20 2008 at 18:46 |
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I've actually lost posts when they've failed to load. And anyone who actually bothers to read my drivel knows what a tragedy that is.
Good idea to copy anything you've spent a little time composing to the clip board just to be safe. Although, have you considered the possibility that web site has normal speed and you are way too fast and hold down a job?  Edited by Slartibartfast - June 20 2008 at 22:46 |
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Man With Hat
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Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Canterbury Team Joined: March 12 2005 Location: Neurotica Status: Offline Points: 166178 |
Posted: June 20 2008 at 22:15 |
Hhhhhhhheeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyy. Look at that. I am on IE6
 And yeah...I didn't read your post.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
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Raff
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 29 2005 Location: None Status: Offline Points: 24429 |
Posted: June 21 2008 at 05:07 |
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What the others have reported so far has happened to me too, both with Explorer and Firefox - with the exception of the loss of posts, since I have found out that hitting the Refresh button, then clicking OK on the window that will appear after that, will result in my post appearing correctly in the forums. However, I got the 'dreaded' error message on white screen at least twice this morning, and multiple times over the past few weeks.
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T.Rox
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 06 2004 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 9455 |
Posted: June 21 2008 at 10:30 |
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It did seem to me when I had a fairly large (byte-wise) picture file in my signature PA ran slower in the threads I post to. When I removed it things went somewhat quicker.
Is it possible there could be something in the number of large signature pix on a page?
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"Without prog, life would be a mistake."
...with apologies to Friedrich Nietzsche |
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Finnforest
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 03 2007 Location: The Heartland Status: Offline Points: 16913 |
Posted: June 21 2008 at 11:17 |
Teo, I could have written yours almost word for word. No correlations with time of day or anything. Happens at home and work, on two different browsers, running Windows XP on both. I click on "forum home" to get an overview of everything....and then I sit....and wait....and wait.... Just an FYI. Happy weekend all!!  |
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rileydog22
Forum Senior Member 
Joined: August 24 2005 Location: New Jersey Status: Offline Points: 8844 |
Posted: June 21 2008 at 20:33 |
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This is exactly what I was talking about here:
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=48780 |
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Petrovsk Mizinski
Prog Reviewer
Joined: December 24 2007 Location: Ukraine Status: Offline Points: 25210 |
Posted: June 21 2008 at 20:45 |
Yeah, I think we should just discuss it in the old thread. |
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