posting problems?

[Keith]

any problems?

[Keith]

hmm... interesting...

[scar]

only ever when the server reaches maxmum connections, then just an error page.

[Keith]

okay, something odd happening. I can't reply to the World Cup thread without getting an SQL error.

General Error
SQL ERROR [ mysql4 ]

Incorrect string value: '\xEF\xBB\xBF pr...' for column 'post_text' at row 1 [1366]

I can't post the full error message in this thread either. But can post without it?

[Keith]

only ever when the server reaches maxmum connections, then just an error page.

Not sure what you mean? I've never seen this error before, are you saying it happens regularly?

[scar]

Only at peak times. I'll do a screen print next time it occurs and email it over.

[Keith]

but I still can't post what I wanted to, to the World Cup thread. But when I posted a question mark in to it, it posted fine.

More to the point, when I tried to post the message in to this thread, I also got the same error message. If you drop me an e-mail keith[dot]fitton[at]manx[dot]net and I'll reply with a copy of what I was trying to post and you can give it a go. My guess is there is a coincidental string of characters or words that the forum is interpreting as a command?

[Gnasher]

Reading this and your email, I think you're right about a sequence of characters in the URL being mis-interpreted by the forum software. Use something like tiny.url to re-code the link you're posting.

[scar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PjOFX5CxBo


a bit of genius frm brian eno is neede here to chill us all out

Watched it and read some of the comments. Loved this one in particular...

Wow, i thought this would be one of those lame artsy videos, but its actually pretty awesome, although i am drunk, and its 1:18 pm... on a Wednesday....

No, it's not at all lame artsy stuff! I'll watch it again next time I'm drunk... on a Wednesday afternoon!

[scar]

Well that answered that question I suppose.

Your not posting whilst in admin mode are you Keith?

[Keith]

wasn't in admin mode and it's posted fine now, exactly as I tried to post earlier. Very odd, 'forum hiccup' I suppose? Thank you both for your help anyway.

I would be interested to know how frequently do other people have problems posting?

[Curly]

any problems?

Never get any post on a Sunday, does that help?