Problems posting

Started by sunjester, 18 February 2017, 04:13:05 PM

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sunjester

When i tried to post earlier today I got the message
"Database Error
Please try again. If you come back to this error screen, report the error to an administrator."


When I tried again I got
"An Error Has Occurred!
You already submitted this post! You might have accidently double clicked, or tried to refresh."

But there is no sign of my post on the boards. What have I done wrong?  :- :'( >:(

sunjester

But this one has worked?  :'( :'( :'( ~X( ~X( ~X(

fred.

The problem seems to be caused by invalid characters in the subject line. An apostrophe ' is certainly one of those, and there may be others.

This can occur when replying to existing threads, or when starting a new one.
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I spoke to Matt again about this on Friday and we're going to go with a full forum upgrade to the latest version on offer from SMF.  We're not sure exactly when we'll do this but it'll take a day or two to fully implement,  there shouldn't be any downtime during the upgrade and folks shouldn't be affected by it at all hopefully.  The new version will fix the apostrophe and database bugs, and should open up a few new features for me in the admin side.  We'll update everyone as soon as we've set a date for the upgrade.

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Quote from: sunjester on 18 February 2017, 04:13:05 PM
When i tried to post earlier today I got the message
"Database Error
Please try again. If you come back to this error screen, report the error to an administrator."


When I tried again I got
"An Error Has Occurred!
You already submitted this post! You might have accidently double clicked, or tried to refresh."

But there is no sign of my post on the boards. What have I done wrong?  :- :'( >:(

Has happened a few times to me recently.

Techno

If I understand correctly..........Ahem !

If...... in the Subject line, that appears, above,  at the very top of your 'reply'........There are ANY 'apostrophes' (They're the worst culprit, by far....) you need to go and alter the Subject line. (This is quite OK to do)

For example...If I started a thread or topic and named it.......Phil's pic's of the new Korean War models.

If you tried a 'normal' reply to that....You'd almost certainly get one of the error messages.

BUT....If you went to the Subject line, first and took out the apostrophes.....So that it read......Phils pics of the new Korean War models...(So, no apostrophes)...THEN plonked out your reply....You'd be fine.

Cheers - Phil.

Hope that makes sense, Gang.

Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

Quote from: Techno on 19 February 2017, 01:29:05 PM
If I understand correctly..........Ahem !

If...... in the Subject line, that appears, above,  at the very top of your 'reply'........There are ANY 'apostrophes' (They're the worst culprit, by far....) you need to go and alter the Subject line. (This is quite OK to do)

For example...If I started a thread or topic and named it.......Phil's pic's of the new Korean War models.

If you tried a 'normal' reply to that....You'd almost certainly get one of the error messages.

BUT....If you went to the Subject line, first and took out the apostrophes.....So that it read......Phils pics of the new Korean War models...(So, no apostrophes)...THEN plonked out your reply....You'd be fine.

Cheers - Phil.

Hope that makes sense, Gang.

A good example of early gibberish in Welsh.....

Needs a screen shot in it Phil.

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19 February 2017, 05:56:23 PM #9 Last Edit: 19 February 2017, 05:58:47 PM by OldenBUA
Quote from: Techno on 19 February 2017, 01:29:05 PM
For example...If I started a thread or topic and named it.......Phil's pic's of the new Korean War models.

Except that you can't start any thread if it has an apostrophe in the subject line. Better avoid them, at least until the update is done.
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Ithoriel

It's perfectly possible to write good English without using apostrophes.
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Besides ...

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bigjackmac

I'm getting "Error Occurred, Hacking Attempt..."

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Leon

Quote from: bigjackmac on 16 March 2017, 02:37:08 PM
I'm getting "Error Occurred, Hacking Attempt..."

Which thread is that in?
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