Today then?

 

Dont know what happened but it's stupidly quick.

 

been offline like hrs..why?

 

its had a 500 bhp conversion! lol

 

Some issues with the software on the server by the looks of the error code it was throwing up (SQL error 173).

The forum was then taken out of public use untill the IB Admin had a chance to fix the issue, which they did in sterling time.

Normal service has now been resumed

 

Hardly say it was a quick fix been fucked for ages! Where's the arse kissing smiley lol

 

Would you like to have a go at fixing a major software issue next time it happens?

Anyway, It was quicker than the 4 years that Pet took

 

Its all done now and thats all that matters!

 

where did chips post go then? someone knew what he was on about, no one else knew tho. soemthings fishy has gone on here. has the site been hacked again?

 

Not long till its down again soon then

 

Nothing fishy at all. The forum was closed for a couple of hours to repair a software issue with the SQL software that the forum is based on. Now this has been repaired, the forum is open again.

 

What Chip did was be able to bypass the error message in order to reply to a thread...

He tried to let everyone know how to do it...but the post has been taken off in the cull.

 

rebuild time!

 

TBH, what happened almost certainly was IB put an untested (or not properly tested) bit of code live, then fucked off to bed, realised the next day they had fucked up and spent ages fixing it.

Ive done similar loads of times with internet sites I work on, and ones FAR more important than a ford chat site.

They fucked up, they fixed it, problem solved.
We all lost .5 day of service at 30p a day

Ive seen people lose a company Ł250,000 quid cause they put a semi-colon where they shouldnt have!

 

explain in laymans terms

 

I just did above, they put a bit of code on with a bug, it all went pete tong when trying to display the contents of a thread, and it took them ages to fix it.

Potentially the bug may have been there for a while before it surfaced as a problem, but most likely (judging by the severity of it) it was pretty much instant.
If they tested things better it wouldnt happen, but its a website you cant possibly test it the way that for exmaple I used to when I was writing code for power stations, it would just be too expensive and no way of justifying the cost when a "terminal failure" results in nothing more than some folk not being able to chat for a few hours.
Where as a similar bug at chenobyl killed millions of poeple and animals.

 

Jap engine conversion so should be ok

 

Well, I got up about 2pm, had to sort my grandparents phone out as they were all dead (plugged phone into master socket, still dead, hence bt network), fix my partners brother wireless (was a simple case of the wireless was using another 3rd company piece of software, so started relevant service and he was up and running in 2 minutes).

Other than that, looking for cheap things on eBay for my business...

You werent on about passionford was ya? Surely?

 

I wonder whos idea that was

 

Whos idea what was?

 

too true!

didn't cost any money but our intranet site completely ceased to function at the start of this week cos some twat put an apostrophe in the code they shouldn't have.

 

i also managed to reply on a thread...

pure luck tho i guess as i`m no computer boff...

 

Closing the forum down until it was fixed

 

Who cares, as has been said it's working again in quick time and fast as fuck, stop fucking moaning ffs!

Typical british, moan for the sake of it!

 

Well IB's I would have thought wouldn't you!?

 

Mine. I closed it. Why?

 

LMAO @ the inquest!

They made a cockup, they fixed it, problem solved!

 

Just I posted up a thread saying its strange how they hadn't closed it while its broke, rather than letting everyone type LOADS of new topics, to only have to come along and delete them all. Around 1 min later it got closed lol

 

I wonder if Dingy will pop up saying "told you the databases were shit"

 

christ this site is some peoples lives!
sites running rapid now as always,one small glitch and you all panic!

 

No unless Stu's now employed by IB, it was Stu ya twat

 

 

Ironically with all the references to the database, it doesnt appear it was a database issue anyway, as for me the database was capable of outputting the required info and saving it (by using pages other than showthread to view and reply), it appears it was a script error in an include file that is only used on the "showthread.php" page, so not sure why its being presented otherwise, but either way its fucking irrelevant as it works now! This sort of thing happens all the time in a low quality IT environment.

 

indeed Chip. my point was that Dingy blames the database no matter what anyway

 

Maybe thats why the other penguins dont like him?

 

ha ha

 

Who you calling a twat!? Just stop moaning you whinging cunt!

 

ohhhhhhh get you Dan