a forum issue/bug

[Solus]

Im having a slight issue with the forum, it doesnt effect me regularly, but when it does it is quite frustrating. Normally im a spammer and the problem doesnt happen there for some strange reason.

anyway, when coming to the site via the full url (in my favourites) a HTML error screen comes up. (see attachment)

i follow the link to the index, and generally it doesnt effect me further. However on occasion when i go to the 'debate central' section, it pops up again and the only choice is to return to the index, thus interfering with my forum browsing and participation.

I honestly dont know what it is, but i could try guessing. however trying to provide more information would be a feeble attempt as I do not now much about this PHP version.

if either it can be dealt with or at least some information can be shed on the topic, i'd be more than greatful.

.:SOULLESS:.

[Sphinx42]

Forum bugs -> here

Oh, I know what's wrong... you're using IE (jk, it happened to me too a very few times, but the error message usually disappears shortly after)

[Zeratul]

yes... IE = bad...

"Great holy armies shall be gathered and trained to fight all who embrace evil. In the name of the gods, Browsers shall be changed to carry the internet out amongst the peoples and we will spread Firefox to all the unbelievers. The power of the firefox will be felt far and wide and the wicked users of IE shall be converted to use the true browser."

anyways... tis topic moveth now to forum issues/bugs...

[Solus]

meh i use what i use. i couldnt be bothered installing other stuff atm, (low main HDD space and the fact that ive got a good firewall, etc.)

besides, ive never had a problem until recently, ive always used IE on this machine and others and the problem hasnt surfaced till now. I doubt its IE.

[hidden]

yes... IE = bad...

"Great holy armies shall be gathered and trained to fight all who embrace evil. In the name of the gods, Browsers shall be changed to carry the internet out amongst the peoples and we will spread Firefox to all the unbelievers. The power of the firefox will be felt far and wide and the wicked users of IE shall be converted to use the true browser."

anyways... tis topic moveth now to forum issues/bugs...

hey i know that line its the doci isn't it

anyway ya i doubt it IE never had that problem myself(i also have firefox and opera but thats besides the point)

[Zeratul]

yes... IE = bad...

"Great holy armies shall be gathered and trained to fight all who embrace evil. In the name of the gods, Browsers shall be changed to carry the internet out amongst the peoples and we will spread Firefox to all the unbelievers. The power of the firefox will be felt far and wide and the wicked users of IE shall be converted to use the true browser."

anyways... tis topic moveth now to forum issues/bugs...

hey i know that line its the doci isn't it

anyway ya i doubt it IE never had that problem myself(i also have firefox and opera but thats besides the point)

almost... we modified it a little a while ago...

[Zeratul]

the firefox can even, free of charge, be made 99.99999999999999999999% ad free... (usually 100%)

[Solus]

I made this thread about a problem... i had no intention of talking browser choice. This problem DID NOT APPEAR while using IE7 in the past. THUS not the problem.

i apologize if this seems rude, but i came with a problem expecting some form of appropriate response. I dont appreciate being told to run around in circles clockwise, anticlockwise and whatever when it doesnt have anything to do with the issue.

again, if that was rude, i apologise. If there is an admin that can PM me and tell me whats going on or something... that'd be fantastic. In the meantime, if this thread can be disposed of, i'd be much appreciative.

[Sphinx42]

Dang, Jack, Zera, look what you've done

Anyway, since I don't know much (i.e. pretty much nothing) about SQL and stuff, I simply did what I always do in such cases - googled it:

If you get a Too many connections error when you try to connect to the mysqld server, this means that all available connections are in use by other clients.

The number of connections allowed is controlled by the max_connections system variable. Its default value is 100. If you need to support more connections, you should set a larger value for this variable.

I doubt this helps too much, though, since I don't think there were 1203 people (registered, hidden and guests) online at the same time. It does say something about _Chat, but I also find it hard to believe there were 1203 people on IRC or whatever (and don't really see the connection either).
Bottom line, no idea why this happens, but I don't think there's anything you can do about it.

[Solus]

thanks lucky starr,

that helps. *proceeds to ignore the warning/error messages.*

[Sphinx42]

Heh, just had one of these error messages myself...

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For the record SOULLESS, I only blamed IE because it's a PoS, and was something where you just blame it just because.

IE is a delicate punching bag

[Eriond]

this error happens when the SQL database doesnt clear the sessions properly when a browser disconnects from the site, its nothing to do with what browser you use but a problem with sql itself

[Bazsy]

Not forum bug... its SQL related... I think the server has some overload at times:)

[Solus]

lol thanks for clearing that one up

fyi, i got a mass of that error page last night. clicking on the return to index just brought back the same thing like... 5-8 times.

meh, at least i know whats up now lol