Regarding forum bug "No posts exist for this topic"

indie · Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:56 am

Hi all,

As many of you have noticed we've got a bug in the forums, which we're currently working on squashing. It involves linking to the last post in certain topics, such as the links you click on in the "Recent Topics" box in the sidebar.

You may right now get the error "No posts exist for this topic" but it is incorrect. No posts have been lost. All posts are accessible. You just need to know how to access them until we get the direct linking fixed.

[title="So here's what you do"]
If you get the error on a given topic, and that topic shows as being say 10 pages long, then go to the end of page 9 to see the most recent post. If you add a post and create an actual page 10, then the bug will go away for awhile. So you need to enter the topic from viewforum.php, rather than a direct link to the most recent post.[/title]

As I said above, no data has been lost at all. The forum script is currently generating an extra blank page for the topics when the previous page is full. We currently allow 15 posts to show per page, so when there's 15 posts on the last topic of a page the forum adds another page which can't be viewed - specifically because there are no posts in that page.

I'm sorry for the inconvenience of this and the confusion it's created. We'll get it resolved as fast as possible.

If you have any other questions or feedback please post it in this topic.

Thanks.

Chris OConnor · Fri Nov 14, 2008 12:11 pm

Please bare with us folks. This is frustrating for us all, but eventually we'll have it solved. Or Indie will have it solved. I am clueless. :cry:

geo · Fri Nov 14, 2008 12:24 pm


	indie wrote: Hi all, As many of you have noticed we've got a bug in the forums, which we're currently working on squashing. It involves linking to the last post in certain topics, such as the links you click on in the "Recent Topics" box in the sidebar. You may right now get the error "No posts exist for this topic" but it is incorrect. No posts have been lost. All posts are accessible. You just need to know how to access them until we get the direct linking fixed. [title="So here's what you do"] If you get the error on a given topic, and that topic shows as being say 10 pages long, then go to the end of page 9 to see the most recent post. If you add a post and create an actual page 10, then the bug will go away for awhile. So you need to enter the topic from viewforum.php, rather than a direct link to the most recent post.[/title] As I said above, no data has been lost at all. The forum script is currently generating an extra blank page for the topics when the previous page is full. We currently allow 15 posts to show per page, so when there's 15 posts on the last topic of a page the forum adds another page which can't be viewed - specifically because there are no posts in that page. I'm sorry for the inconvenience of this and the confusion it's created. We'll get it resolved as fast as possible. If you have any other questions or feedback please post it in this topic. Thanks.

Actually, indie, the content of some of the threads is completely gone. You can't access it by clicking on the second to last page. The error message, "No posts exist for this topic" will come up regardless which page you click.

For instance, the Al Gore's Climate for Change thread only has two or three posts in it, but none are accessible.

http://www.booktalk.org/politics-curren ... ry-f9.html

Likewise, the "Rationally Speaking: Are You as Bright?" is empty as is "Psychological Need for Religion."

http://www.booktalk.org/belief-religion ... hy-f8.html

indie · Fri Nov 14, 2008 12:55 pm

Hi geo,

I don't doubt you saw these problems, I saw a topic like this myself, (the "we're changing hosts" one in this forum) however all these topics seem to be working now.

This issue is as intriguing as it is frustrating. If you turn up anything else please let us know.

Thanks.

Chris OConnor · Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:43 am

I haven't seen this bug in the past 10 days or so. I'm going to change this thread from an Announcement to just a Normal post. If the bug happens again I'll make this thread an Announcement again.

opcode · Sun Jan 11, 2009 11:23 pm

I'm seeing it today in the Libertarian thread in politics.

Raving Lunatic · Mon Jan 12, 2009 8:44 am

I just experienced it in the Non-Fiction Poll

Chris OConnor · Mon Jan 12, 2009 8:56 am

Thanks guys. We are going to have to switch hosting companies to solve this problem, but switching will cause some other problems. I'll post more about this when I have time.

seespotrun2008 · Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:12 pm

I am having a hard time seeing mosts today.

Thomas Hood · Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:27 pm


	Chris OConnor wrote: Thanks guys. We are going to have to switch hosting companies to solve this problem, but switching will cause some other problems. I'll post more about this when I have time.

It's not a fatal problem. Instead of trying to jump directly to a post, start at the Forum Index and work down.

Tom

Chris OConnor · Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:35 pm

This will be fixed as soon as Indie logs in and says the magic word. Don't worry - none of the posts are actually lost.

Grim · Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:56 pm

It took some of the forums back a couple of days to.

:book:

Chris OConnor · Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:18 pm

Should be fixed now.

Grim, let me know if the forums are back to the current date.

Grim · Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:30 pm

Yeah, it's fixed now.

:book:

Chris OConnor · Wed Feb 04, 2009 11:59 pm

Here is the problem. We can change to a different hosting company, but the change will come at a price. We will have some permanent errors appearing in many of the posts if we move. Indie could explain this better than me, but the point is the move to a new hosting company will cause crazy symbols to appear throughout all of the forums and in many threads/posts. We cannot find a solution to this yet.

If we stay with this hosting company we will simply have to keep fixing the database every once in a while when this "No posts exist" error occurs. So for now I would rather fix the problem then have our existing posts all messed up with character problems.

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