Guest Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 I don't know if the forum problems are regional or if everyone is experiencing problems, but I get this error message several times per day. An error occurred with the SQL server: This is not a problem with IP.Board but rather with your SQL server. Please contact your host and copy the message shown above. Anyone else having problems with the forum server ???? Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Yep, same here. Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taipo Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Aside from whatever the cause is of the constant DB outages, I do not see the point of an error message telling forum viewers to contact the webhost with a copy of the error message. - Stop Oscommerce hacks dead in their tracks with osC_Sec (see discussion here)- Another discussion about infected files ::here::- A discussion on file permissions ::here::- Site hacked? Should you upgrade or not, some thoughts ::here::- Fix the admin login bypass exploit here- Pareto Security: New security addon I am developing, a remake of osC_Sec in PHP 5 with a number of fixes- BTC:1LHiMXedmtyq4wcYLedk9i9gkk8A8Hk7qX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Aside from whatever the cause is of the constant DB outages, I do not see the point of an error message telling forum viewers to contact the webhost with a copy of the error message. I agree Te, it is kind of redundant. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harald Ponce de Leon Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Hi All.. This is the first kind of report we're getting. The database is fine. Since when has this been happening? Kind regards, , osCommerce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Harald, I have been getting the error over the past week or so. I thought it was a 'glitch' but the frequency has been increasing. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥kymation Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 I've seen this a few times. A reload has always worked, so I just ignored it. The interesting thing is that the part of the warning box that is supposed to contain the error message is always blank. Secure, certainly, but hardly useful. Regards Jim See my profile for a list of my addons and ways to get support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 When it happens, it will usually load after a few minutes (the few times I tried) so it might be a server limit is being reached and has to reset, which usually takes about that long. Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 I have been off line as long as 20 minutes when I receive the error message....... Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥Biancoblu Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Over the last 2 weeks or so I have encountered the problem where the forum doesn't load at all. Sometimes it has reported a "service unavailable" error. ~ Don't mistake my kindness for weakness ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 The server was down from 10:13pm EST to 10:36pm EST with the following error messages: 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later. When I tried to refresh 5 minutes later I received this one: SQL Error An error occured with the SQL server: This is not a problem with IP.Board but rather with your SQL server. Please contact your host and copy the message shown above. «Return to the index When the server came back online this was the current load: 381 users are online (in the past 60 minutes) 12 members, 369 guests, 0 anonymous users Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxp2 Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 confirmed. sql server has a slight cough ... :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taipo Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Theres a screen cap of the error http://i40.tinypic.com/10ge4vs.png You can see from http://goo.gl/OvScT that this is not an isolated issue. 9,240 results. The outage lasts a couple of minutes, hinting that this is possibly a max sessions thing of some form. - Stop Oscommerce hacks dead in their tracks with osC_Sec (see discussion here)- Another discussion about infected files ::here::- A discussion on file permissions ::here::- Site hacked? Should you upgrade or not, some thoughts ::here::- Fix the admin login bypass exploit here- Pareto Security: New security addon I am developing, a remake of osC_Sec in PHP 5 with a number of fixes- BTC:1LHiMXedmtyq4wcYLedk9i9gkk8A8Hk7qX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPhil Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 In recent weeks I frequently try to make a post, and the browser spins and spins for 10 or 15 minutes before giving up. I don't know if this is the same problem others are seeing. If I retry, sometimes it does the same thing and sometimes I get the message about "The server is temporarily unable to service your request" or "This is not a problem with IP.Board but rather with your SQL server". It's not a freak event... BTW I'm in New York. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥geoffreywalton Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Noproblem posting but do get thrown out of the chat romm in lees than an hour You have been kicked from the chat room Cheers G Need help installing add ons/contributions, cleaning a hacked site or a bespoke development, check my profile Virus Threat Scanner My Contributions Basic install answers. Click here for Contributions / Add Ons. UK your site. Site Move. Basic design info. For links mentioned in old answers that are no longer here follow this link Useful Threads. If this post was useful, click the Like This button over there ======>>>>>. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taipo Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 It will take a while I suspect, for IP.Board to acknowledge that this is their issue. At the moment it seems many of the other discussion threads on this topic on the range of IPB forums tend to invariably end up pointing the finger at database connection, sleep state and issues rather than themselves. I am not a forum member of IPB so cannot see all that is happening on their support forums, but that is what I can see from reading the cached pages from Google searches. - Stop Oscommerce hacks dead in their tracks with osC_Sec (see discussion here)- Another discussion about infected files ::here::- A discussion on file permissions ::here::- Site hacked? Should you upgrade or not, some thoughts ::here::- Fix the admin login bypass exploit here- Pareto Security: New security addon I am developing, a remake of osC_Sec in PHP 5 with a number of fixes- BTC:1LHiMXedmtyq4wcYLedk9i9gkk8A8Hk7qX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Noproblem posting but do get thrown out of the chat romm in lees than an hour You have been kicked from the chat room Cheers G This time limit has been set up by the forum moderators. It is listed on the chat room rules pages as you enter the chat area. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥geoffreywalton Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 This time limit has been set up by the forum moderators. It is listed on the chat room rules pages as you enter the chat area. Chris Did you miss my point lees than an hour must have been my "speelink". Cheers G Inactive members are automatically departed from the chat room after 6 hours. Need help installing add ons/contributions, cleaning a hacked site or a bespoke development, check my profile Virus Threat Scanner My Contributions Basic install answers. Click here for Contributions / Add Ons. UK your site. Site Move. Basic design info. For links mentioned in old answers that are no longer here follow this link Useful Threads. If this post was useful, click the Like This button over there ======>>>>>. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥Biancoblu Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Noproblem posting but do get thrown out of the chat romm in lees than an hour I experienced the same problem, and at times the replies I type don't show. ~ Don't mistake my kindness for weakness ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Dec 28, 2011 Down from 10:03pm to 10:54pm EST The length of the downtime is increasing. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angeldom Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Thanks for sharing the information.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥kymation Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 This seems to be happening at the same time every day -- about two hours before the daily maintenance downtime. Usually it's the database error message, but sometimes it's a 500 series server error. I'd be looking at what happens around this time. Is it the heaviest load on the server (It appears not to be.) Is there some process running at this time, like a backup? Regards Jim See my profile for a list of my addons and ways to get support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Cole Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 This seems to be happening at the same time every day -- about two hours before the daily maintenance downtime. Usually it's the database error message, but sometimes it's a 500 series server error. I'd be looking at what happens around this time. Is it the heaviest load on the server (It appears not to be.) Is there some process running at this time, like a backup? Regards Jim I have the same feeling Jim....I usually run into it around 10:00 - 10:30 pm EST. At other times I see pauses when it calls the ad network but a refresh usually solves that. Dan Need help? See this thread and provide the information requested. Is your version of osC up to date? You'll find the latest osC community version (CE Phoenix) here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harald Ponce de Leon Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Hi All.. There is indeed a backend process that runs at 04:00CET (22:00EST) that reindexes the search database for the forum (powered by Sphinx). I will investigate this further over the weekend. Thanks to all who narrowed this to a timeslot! Kind regards, , osCommerce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harald Ponce de Leon Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Hi All.. The main Sphinx indexer has been hitting the server hard and has been the cause of the downtime. It was taking 36 minutes to retrieve and index over 1.5M forum postings from the database. This task has been disabled until a solution is found. Until this task is active again, edits to older posts will no longer be indexed and shown in search results (which should not be much of an affect anyway). Thanks again for helping to pinpoint the issue. Kind regards, , osCommerce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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