| Main Index Page Update - FIXED!!! | |
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Believe it or not, our Birthday Girl caused our recent problems with the Main Index page without even knowing it. It seems that her birthday today tested code that had not been tested on our board, and as many of you found out, the test failed badly...
This bug first affected rb2d2xp because her birthday was approaching and it apparently was attempting to wish her best wishes leading up to her big day. Apparently yesterday is when the code tried to start telling everyone else that today would be rb2d2xp's birthday, so they started experiencing problems with the Main Index page too. Being that today is the official day, EVERYONE, including myself, was able to enjoy this little bug along with rb and NO ONE was able to see the Main Index page...
This bug would have gone away on its own tomorrow and would have remained quiet until the next birthday approached. At which point, I would have gone nuts trying to figure it out once again. I'm glad I found this now rather than later...
Happy Birthday Rosalie... | | Happy Birthday Rosalie... |
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| Re: Main Index Page Update - FIXED!!! | |
Posted: 04/23/2005 3:03 AM |
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Sure go ahead and blame it on me.
But I am glad you fixed it, I was beginning to think I would never again see the index page.
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| Re: Main Index Page Update - FIXED!!! | |
Posted: 04/23/2005 12:13 PM |
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Since the error message was so non-specific, I wasn't sure I was going to be able to figure this one out. I was worried too. If it hadn't been for CL's Happy Birthday post to you, I wouldn't have had a clue what to look for since rolling back the MODs that I've added for the last week didn't fix the problem...
Thanks to CL, the problem is now fixed. Of course the bug would have gone into hiding at midnight and would have laid in wait until the next birthday came along. I'm not sure I would have made the connection the next time that bug raised its ugly head since the birthdays are spaced so far apart...
Now I don't have to worry about it and I can reinstall the MODs that I have removed trying to fix this...
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| Re: Main Index Page Update - FIXED!!! | |
Posted: 04/23/2005 9:42 PM |
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"If it hadn't been for CL's Happy Birthday post to you, I wouldn't have had a clue what to look for ....." NR
Please explain how CL's posting the birthday greeting gave you a clue as to what was going on?
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| Re: Main Index Page Update - FIXED!!! | |
Posted: 04/23/2005 11:33 PM |
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I was basically out of ideas of what to check next. I knew that you were having a problem before I was and gradually everyone else had the problem too, including myself. Since I had all the latest MODs that I had installed removed again, I knew that something had to be happening that had to have been working correctly for a while and that something in the code that hadn't been accessed prior to the last few days had suddenly come to life. Then when I saw CL's birthday post to you, I had an aha moment. The birthday MOD was kicking in to do something new like a birthday email to everyone or something...
When I checked the Index page, sure enough there was code to send an email message to you and everyone else on your birthday, and it was failing badly. I removed the code and everything worked again. I really got lucky on this one...
By midnight, the error would have gone away on its own and I might not have had a clue why. The bug would have laid in wait until the next birthday came along and then the same problem with the Index page would reimerge again. With the birthdays spread apart, I may never have put two and two together and figured this out. Like I said, I got lucky on this bug. I hope there aren't any other untested lines of code anywhere on this board containing a bug that is waiting to hit us just like the Birthday MOD did...
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| Re: Main Index Page Update - FIXED!!! | |
Posted: 04/24/2005 12:23 AM |
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"I hope there aren't any other untested lines of code anywhere on this board containing a bug that is waiting to hit us just like the Birthday MOD did..." NR
If there are I'm confident that you can handle them if and when they pop up!
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| Re: Main Index Page Update - FIXED!!! | |
Posted: 04/24/2005 1:50 AM |
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I'm glad you're confident about that. This was by far the most difficult problem I've encountered on this board to date and I really got lucky finding and fixing it. I admit that it shook my confidence a bit. It sucks having no idea of what went wrong and why with very few hints leading me in the right direction...
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