ima45dv8 Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Tried to access the IDPA forum and got the dreaded database error (other forums seem OK).... Warning: mysql_query() [function.mysql-query]: Unable to save result set in /home/brianeno/public_html/forums/ips_kernel/classDbMysqlClient.php on line 205www.brianenos.com Driver Error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 It was already not working for me about 40 mins to an hour ago. Probably 20 minutes or so of nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ima45dv8 Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 Same error when trying open Brian's profile to send a PM. Email sent through store support option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowrider Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Maybe related? I just put up a thread in the classifieds. It still shows 0 views. But I have a PM inquiring about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Pledger Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I have gotten the same error on about 7 forums so far, some I can start to read such as Rules, but when try to go back error page comes up again. Cheers .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I'm still looking into why (two tech companies are actually) the server's been crashing so frequently lately. And in the FYI department, if anyone sees anything that indicates the forums/server might crash - a PM to me will most likely be useless. Call me on my cell: 480 600-0822. be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgnoyes Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Seems a little sluggish right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skydiver Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Was there another outage this evening? (around 6PM Friday, 2 Feb, 2012) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unregistered Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Went burp about an hour ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Right. I'm running a maintenance tool in about an hour and a half. be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skydiver Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Looks like there's a problem again. I'm trying to access the TV, Music, ... section and getting the SQL driver error described earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skydiver Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 (edited) Deleting a doubletap. Edited February 15, 2012 by Skydiver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLM Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Looks like there's a problem again. I'm trying to access the TV, Music, ... section and getting the SQL driver error described earlier. 12:57 AM EST and it's acting up on my end in the gallery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinUSA Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Seems to be working now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryShoots Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 A few things to look for though I don't know that they will be the answer: SOFTWARE -Member names that begin with characters like "." or "(" or worse a space. These can cause Invision and PhPBB boards to expect a command and get nothing but a name and can force the board to crash trying to track the activity of such a name. -multiple topics in the history of the forum that have the same name ( "My New Open Gun" ) and no description. If there are several of these and one is opened in a search it can fool the admin CP into opening two or more at the same time and scramble them up causing a loop which can crash the board. -Topic titles or new member names with alternating caps (eXaMpLe) especially if they change color, font or type size as they go. A lot of hacks that enjoy doing damage leave this as sort of a calling card and are worth looking into HARDWARE -If the board is locally hosted and there is actually a tower at home base archiving the data pull it down for an afternoon and see if its due for a RAM swap. Old flooded RAM can get , for lack of a better word, senile and get crash prone over time. This is more common in gaming servers and boards because of there huge transfer but an old tower with old RAM will get there in time too. -If the system is liquid cooled check the lines and make sure they arent sweating somewhere they shouldn't. A drop of moisture can crash a server but dry up while its down and leave no sign it was even there. If all else fails read all the posts and see if any of the posts read backwards summon the dark god DOON ZEWOO crasher of shooter forums. Then recite the encantation "DOOBLE ALFAA!" and send it back to the fires of hell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Merricks Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Its been on and off for me since yesterday. Sometimes I can open it with my phone but when i switch to the mobile version its back to the error message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinUSA Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Interesting comment about new members, we seem to be getting dozens of new members per day which seems unlikely to me... I wonder how many are trying to spam the forums and getting locked out because of the spam-lock that prevents them from adding links. If you click the members tab at the top, select ALL then sort by Joined Date you can see dozens of new members signing up each day for the past few days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinUSA Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 -Member names that begin with characters like "." or "(" or worse a space. These can cause Invision and PhPBB boards to expect a command and get nothing but a name and can force the board to crash trying to track the activity of such a name. Looks like there is a member with just a space for a name , check out today's birthday list cpty1 (50), Scout454 (65), kippiazaz (48), galt11 (34), Sean Gaines (37), wcmesa (33), bobobooie (63), Newcomer (44), Tom and Nathan (55), lazy42 (36), Bassius (65), (41), Glockman1000 (41), leighton, Bobboo (66), sparks1 (60) After Bassius is the age then there is an age with no name preceding it... There are 16 birthdays today but only fifteen names are showing. If there is a way to search members on birthday (I don't think there is) then we could identify the weird member name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinUSA Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Found him.... This guy has no member name ---> http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showuser=25253 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehli Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 If it's his fault and he has no posts and hasn't been here since he registered, nuke 'im. I haven't been able to get in for the last ~14 hours. Db error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Texas Granny Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Same error when trying open Brian's profile to send a PM. Email sent through store support option. Did the same thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Texas Granny Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 A few things to look for though I don't know that they will be the answer: SOFTWARE -Member names that begin with characters like "." or "(" or worse a space. These can cause Invision and PhPBB boards to expect a command and get nothing but a name and can force the board to crash trying to track the activity of such a name. -multiple topics in the history of the forum that have the same name ( "My New Open Gun" ) and no description. If there are several of these and one is opened in a search it can fool the admin CP into opening two or more at the same time and scramble them up causing a loop which can crash the board. -Topic titles or new member names with alternating caps (eXaMpLe) especially if they change color, font or type size as they go. A lot of hacks that enjoy doing damage leave this as sort of a calling card and are worth looking into HARDWARE -If the board is locally hosted and there is actually a tower at home base archiving the data pull it down for an afternoon and see if its due for a RAM swap. Old flooded RAM can get , for lack of a better word, senile and get crash prone over time. This is more common in gaming servers and boards because of there huge transfer but an old tower with old RAM will get there in time too. -If the system is liquid cooled check the lines and make sure they arent sweating somewhere they shouldn't. A drop of moisture can crash a server but dry up while its down and leave no sign it was even there. If all else fails read all the posts and see if any of the posts read backwards summon the dark god DOON ZEWOO crasher of shooter forums. Then recite the encantation "DOOBLE ALFAA!" and send it back to the fires of hell! Uh. Ok if you say so.. My head hurts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryShoots Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Multiple joins in one day could be simply a matter of something particularly appealing being posted and many folks joining to be able to view it. Or it could mean trouble too. It could be wise to set a non use deadline in the forum that kills an account if it goes "X" amount of time between logins. Adding another permission level that goes before the first 50 post count "Classified" status could help weed out one time spam joins. Say the first 10 posts your status is "temporary" and at regular intervals admin washes the membership of any member under 10 posts that hasn't logged in for say 1 week. This weekly wash could improve the situation. Sadly it only takes one person posting a hot link to an attack site to cause all sorts of bad bad things to occur. This kind of filter could reduce that. Of course as a general rule any member should always be very cautious when offering external links in a post. Mods please PM me if you would like to follow up with me on any of these thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Damn Jerry. An IT GM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Found him.... This guy has no member name ---> http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showuser=25253 Thanks Paul. The weird thing is though, I can't find him in the ACP, even when just searching with the email filter with: glockman. Also, searching for his member ID: 25253, did not return any results. I did find probably the same member - because he has the same pic in his profile: Glockman1000 - with 58 posts. (Edited to add - of course he is the same member, because Glockman1000 is right after Mr. no-name.) But since the no-name member account has 0 posts since he signed up a year and a half ago, I doubt if that account would have anything to do with the server crashing. And thanks for all that interesting info JerryShoots! My feeling is I don't think our server can handle the steady amount of heavily rising traffic we've been experiencing lately. So in the FYI department, we will be moving to a new server soon. It will be over twice as powerful, in every aspect, as our current server. Current The Planet Server: Hard Drive 3x Seagate 146GB: SAS:15K RAM 4x Generic Standard Drive Controller Dell 9G Drive Controller - SAS/SATA RAID Motherboard Dell Single socket 1067FSB - Quad Core Capable Processor Intel 2.13 GHz 1066FSB - Kentsfield New TSS Server: E3 Quad Core 8GB Ram (4) 1TB SATA Raid10 Cpanel Total Server Management Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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