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The T 
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 Posted: June 21 2008 at 20:52 |
I believe we should discuss it. Wherever. Doesn't matter. 
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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Joined: December 24 2007
Location: Ukraine
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Points: 25210
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Posted: June 21 2008 at 20:59 |
 T.Rox wrote:
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? |
HughesJB4 wrote:
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.
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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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When people start to read the whole thread before they post, we might actually get somewhere. How many times do I or something else need to explain signatures have no correlation with the errors and the slow loading times that are plaguing us? 
The T wrote:
I believe we should discuss it. Wherever. Doesn't matter.  |
Haha, fair enough  , as long as the point gets across to someone.
Edited by HughesJB4 - June 21 2008 at 21:01
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The T
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Joined: October 16 2006
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Posted: June 21 2008 at 21:05 |
It's not signatures... it's not anything related to content. is the website. It's slow. Sometimes takes 03891 minutes to load, sometimes posts are lost, sometimes it just loads halfway yes, that's an error I forgot to mention, though less recurrent. The banner above loads, but everything below is blank... and it says "done, but with errors on page" in the bottom of the browser...
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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Joined: December 24 2007
Location: Ukraine
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Points: 25210
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Posted: June 21 2008 at 21:13 |
"03891 minutes"  you have no idea how funny that is when you've been doing an all nighter on the computer like I have. Yeah. the "done, but with errors on page", when I was still using IE 7 a few weeks ago, I got that ALL THE TIME, like literally every page had that on the status bar at the bottom. I no longer get that problem with Firefox 3 though, so that issue is in fact partly browser related most likely.
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Statutory-Mike
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Joined: February 15 2008
Location: Long Island
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Points: 3737
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Posted: June 21 2008 at 22:58 |
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You know, I''ve really only gotten this message about 8 or 9 times in my life. I don't want to jinx myself though.
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The T
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Posted: June 22 2008 at 01:26 |
MisterProg2112 wrote:
You know, I''ve really only gotten this message about 8 or 9 times in my life. I don't want to jinx myself though. |
It will happen to you so many times in the course of the next week that it will drive yourself mad, you'll destroy your computer and the whole world will crumble and start to fall apart, throwing you on a path towards sure extinction, which...
Maybe it will not be THAT bad. But it will happen to you. And a lot. 
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Chris S
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Posted: June 22 2008 at 02:18 |
The T wrote:
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!!! |
I have to agree with the T, what is going on lately? I feel like even not visiting ( a relief for some ) because of the failure rate when clicking on links and threads. The main page is far more reliable than the forum but this must be a server issue as normally amount of registered users is about 20-30 maximum. Or is the software slowing down because of hacking attempts? Very frustrating...
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The Quiet One
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Joined: January 16 2008
Location: Argentina
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Points: 15745
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Posted: June 22 2008 at 14:41 |
Slartibartfast wrote:
I've actually lost posts when they've failed to load.
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me too. I need to click like 10 times on a thread or even thread section(eg: Prog Polls) to get inside.
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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Joined: December 24 2007
Location: Ukraine
Status: Offline
Points: 25210
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Posted: June 23 2008 at 09:30 |
Chris Stacey wrote:
The T wrote:
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!!! |
I have to agree with the T, what is going on lately? I feel like even not visiting ( a relief for some ) because of the failure rate when clicking on links and threads. The main page is far more reliable than the forum but this must be a server issue as normally amount of registered users is about 20-30 maximum. Or is the software slowing down because of hacking attempts? Very frustrating... |
By the way people, this error has been happening for months now, it isn't something that has been just happening lately.
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The T
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Posted: June 23 2008 at 13:43 |
^ Yes but it's gotten worse lately.
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rileydog22
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Posted: June 23 2008 at 15:04 |
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I don't usually get the error message (though I get plenty of the slowness), but I just got two of 'em in a row. Nice!
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rileydog22
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Posted: June 23 2008 at 15:35 |
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Wow, three in a row a while later!
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M@X
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Joined: January 29 2004
Location: Canada
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Posted: June 28 2008 at 07:34 |
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Thanks guys for all the information. I will be able to investigate more with all the details because I don't get theses errors or slowliness problems.
l'll let you know
Edited by M@X - June 28 2008 at 10:47
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Prog On !
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Atavachron
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Joined: September 30 2006
Location: Pearland
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Posted: July 01 2008 at 19:05 |
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pages taking a minimum of 10 minutes to load today, worst I've ever
seen it in the nearly two years I've been here.. impossible to work for
the site, will try back later
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Windhawk
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Posted: July 01 2008 at 19:13 |
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One of a number of error messages that have been popping up now and then when I've tried loading pages here:
Server Error in Forum Application
An error has occurred while connecting to the database.
Please contact the forum administrator.
Support Error Code:- err_SQLServer_db_connection
File Name:- common.asp
Error details:-
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server
Invalid connection string attribute
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This is one of several different messages that come on a irregular basis whe trying to get a page to open,
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avestin
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Posted: July 01 2008 at 19:35 |
Atavachron wrote:
pages taking a minimum of 10 minutes to load today, worst I've ever seen it in the nearly two years I've been here.. impossible to work for the site, will try back later
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I've been having the same problem as well. Excruciatingly slow today. Not many error messages, mainly slowness up to the point of stand-still.
Just getting to this page to post this took me about 25 minutes.
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King of Loss
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Joined: April 21 2005
Location: Boston, MA
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Points: 16536
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Posted: July 02 2008 at 01:30 |
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I got in now.. In about two seconds? What's up?
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LinusW
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Posted: July 02 2008 at 01:34 |
Haven't been able to access the site more than twice for about 3 hours. And this is the first time I've been able to enter the forum. Something is wrong... 
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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Joined: December 24 2007
Location: Ukraine
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Posted: July 02 2008 at 01:34 |
WTF? for a full 9 and a half hours, I couldn't get into PA For me that was from 6am '3:30pm. And no I haven't been on the computer all day, before anyone asks. In between 8:30am till 11pm I was busy and periodically, maybe every 15-30 minutes or so I would try logging in and no go.
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LinusW
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Posted: July 02 2008 at 01:36 |
HughesJB4 wrote:
WTF? for a full 9 and a half hours, I couldn't get into PA
For me that was from 6am '3:30pm.
And no I haven't been on the computer all day, before anyone asks. In between 8:30am till 11pm I was busy and periodically, maybe every 15-30 minutes or so I would try logging in and no go.
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Well. Same problem for us then. "Good" thing it's not just me.
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