MetaChat - Downtime.

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14 July 2005

Downtime. We've had a few database timeouts today. Apparently a few people who share our database server were hammering the hell out of it. The ISP has used their spank-ray and we should be OK from now on. Sorry 'bout that.

post by: dodgygeezer at: 13:42 | 18 comments

Well...erm...ok. I'll forgive you this one time.

*shuffles off dejectedly, reluctantly flips the switch of the Death Ray to the "off" position*

posted by iconomy 14 July | 13:51

*ditches plan to post sql error message to front page of Metafilter*

posted by carter 14 July | 13:56

*wipes tears from eyes, hyperventilating*

Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-ok, if you sa-ay-ay-ay-ay so....

*hugs teh dodgygeezer*

posted by Frisbee Girl 14 July | 13:56

mmm. spank-ray.

posted by quonsar 14 July | 14:01

well thank geezer
now maybe i can get some sleep
this whole flaming sky ball business you people do
it's madness

the novelty of it does make it kind of pretty

posted by ethylene 14 July | 14:24

irc me!

posted by ethylene 14 July | 14:25

*trembles*

MySQL error!

Lost connection to MySQL server during query(Errno=2013)

Your query:
SELECT DISTINCT ID, post_author, post_issue_date, post_mod_date, post_status, post_locale, post_content, post_title, post_urltitle, post_url, post_category, post_autobr, post_flags, post_wordcount, post_comments, post_renderers, post_karma FROM (evo_posts INNER JOIN evo_postcats ON ID = postcat_post_ID) INNER JOIN evo_categories ON postcat_cat_ID = cat_ID WHERE cat_blog_ID = 5 AND ( ( post_status = 'private' AND post_author = 423 ) OR post_status IN ('published','protected') ) AND post_issue_date

Oh hey, look: lunch!

posted by Frisbee Girl 14 July | 15:33

what sites are y'all sharing with?

posted by dabitch 14 July | 15:54

beware the irc, it's freakin hell mob in there
quell beezare

posted by ethylene 14 July | 16:06

So if this place blows up, can we go to meta-metachat?

*listens for sound of one hand clapping, tree falling in forest,etc.*

posted by jokeefe 14 July | 16:06

not really, but full of pubescence

posted by ethylene 14 July | 16:06

i know, it's been awful today
and by today i can give you a 24 hour time line

posted by ethylene 14 July | 16:07

I'll keep on pestering the ISP but if nothing happens i have a back up plan.

Sorry I wasn't on irc more but real life got in the way.

posted by dodgygeezer 14 July | 16:08

really? my plan was to sleep and dream it better. you are on it.
ugh. those kids are all hopped up on the junk

posted by ethylene 14 July | 16:09

likeable but i'm tired

posted by ethylene 14 July | 16:10

More here, less there.

posted by Hugh Janus 14 July | 16:15

Well it seems the spank-ray is in the spank-ray repair shop so we'll just have to wait a while - I hope to hear more soon.

posted by dodgygeezer 14 July | 16:56

Embedded SQL? MySQL doesn't do stored procedures? Gaaaahh!

posted by matildaben 14 July | 18:03

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