Re: [WebDNA] An unknown error occured // Deadlock avoided
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texte = No, the reason is that the entire architecture is designed around=20 windows systems - there are tons of things running on the server that=20 require windows, we are thoughouly tied into windows. Moving to LInux,=20 would require that so many services be altered into cron-jobs, and so=20 on. Not to mention the remaining software that is running on the system. Now we could get another machine to run just the webserver on, but the=20 way the system is designed/implemented, that would mean I would have to=20 change all places where webdna refers to the servers, yes I realize this=20 is a horrible way it has been done, nevertheless - that is the way it wor= ks. Hence, moving is not an option. FInally, man upstairs would never go for it, and that usually means end=20 of line anyway. -Tommy On 09-07-2011 17:43, Kenneth Grome wrote: >> Moving is simply not an option. > Why not? > > If it's Windows or IIS that's causing the problem (wow, this > would be a surprise, wouldn't it???) moving it to LInux > would be the fastest, cheapest, and most effective solution. > Why don't you try it? Is the reason because you don't know > how to admin a Linux server? > > You said the problem occurs even when the site is not busy, > so surely you could run a test on Linux to confirm or reject > the theory that it's a Windows/IIS problem and not a WebDNA > problem, right? > > >> I guess ill have to resort to the ultimate solution and >> attempt convince the man upstairs to implement a new >> system, in something other than webdna. > Are you suggesting that rebuilding the entire website in > some other software is an option -- even though it would > obviously cost thousands or tens of thousands of dollars -- > yet moving the existing site to a different server (or > properly reconfiguring the server you already have) which > would cost 2-3 order of magnitude less is NOT an option? > > Sorry, but I fail to see any logic in this at all. > > >> I realize it is not a very large DB; it only contains who >> is online, and so on, but what I am still wondering is why >> webdna is not able to write to it. > The answer is more than likely bad WebDNA code by the person > who wrote it (or modified it) or bad server configuration. Do > you have enough experience with WebDNA to be able to > diagnose a potential WebDNA problem? > > I'm willing to bet that WebDNA will work just fine on the > current server -- once you fix the server or the WebDNA code > that is causing this problem. > > >> yes it is doing this, even when there is not heavy load > After more than 16 years of programming WebDNA I have yet to > see a problem like this that I cannot fix -- especially one > where the problem is reportedly NOT due to extremely heavy > traffic on the server! > > >> our visitor >> numbers have dropped significantly, we explain it by the >> myriad of problems we've been having with webdna ... > Maybe these "problems" are caused by a badly configured IIS > server that is preventing WebDNA from functioning properly. > Have you ever considered this possibility? > > Have you tried to reboot the server yet to see if that > clears up the problems??? > > >> I inherited this system, and I doubt it webdna, was ever >> meant to run such a complex and large system. > You seem to think that WebDNA cannot handle large and > complex systems, which is wrong to begin with. > > But then you said the problem occurs even when there is a > light load on the server -- which suggests a WebDNA coding > error or a server misconfiguration to me. So how do you > propose to track down the problem? What is your "plan of > action"? > > >> I have to explicitly tell it from the admin panel what to >> do with it ... > What are you telling this admin panel to do? > > And what "admin panel" are you talking about? The WebDNA > admin panel that came with the WebDNA software, or a > separate programmer's admin panel? Or some other admin > panel? > > >> ... and then delte the file and let webdna make a >> new db whenever it decides to not be able to access it. > How are you deleting this file? Via an admin panel button or > link? Are you flushing the databases first BEFORE deleting > the file? How is WebDNA "making a new db" if you are > deleting the existing db? What is it using to populate this > new db? > > Sincerely, > Kenneth Grome > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list
. > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us > --=20 Med Venlig Hilsen Tommy Dahlb=E6k Bell Tlf: +45 27 63 00 88 E-mail: tbell05@student.aau.dk E-mail: tommy@enkelthed.dk
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No, the reason is that the entire architecture is designed around=20 windows systems - there are tons of things running on the server that=20 require windows, we are thoughouly tied into windows. Moving to LInux,=20 would require that so many services be altered into cron-jobs, and so=20 on. Not to mention the remaining software that is running on the system. Now we could get another machine to run just the webserver on, but the=20 way the system is designed/implemented, that would mean I would have to=20 change all places where webdna refers to the servers, yes I realize this=20 is a horrible way it has been done, nevertheless - that is the way it wor= ks. Hence, moving is not an option. FInally, man upstairs would never go for it, and that usually means end=20 of line anyway. -Tommy On 09-07-2011 17:43, Kenneth Grome wrote: >> Moving is simply not an option. > Why not? > > If it's Windows or IIS that's causing the problem (wow, this > would be a surprise, wouldn't it???) moving it to LInux > would be the fastest, cheapest, and most effective solution. > Why don't you try it? Is the reason because you don't know > how to admin a Linux server? > > You said the problem occurs even when the site is not busy, > so surely you could run a test on Linux to confirm or reject > the theory that it's a Windows/IIS problem and not a WebDNA > problem, right? > > >> I guess ill have to resort to the ultimate solution and >> attempt convince the man upstairs to implement a new >> system, in something other than webdna. > Are you suggesting that rebuilding the entire website in > some other software is an option -- even though it would > obviously cost thousands or tens of thousands of dollars -- > yet moving the existing site to a different server (or > properly reconfiguring the server you already have) which > would cost 2-3 order of magnitude less is NOT an option? > > Sorry, but I fail to see any logic in this at all. > > >> I realize it is not a very large DB; it only contains who >> is online, and so on, but what I am still wondering is why >> webdna is not able to write to it. > The answer is more than likely bad WebDNA code by the person > who wrote it (or modified it) or bad server configuration. Do > you have enough experience with WebDNA to be able to > diagnose a potential WebDNA problem? > > I'm willing to bet that WebDNA will work just fine on the > current server -- once you fix the server or the WebDNA code > that is causing this problem. > > >> yes it is doing this, even when there is not heavy load > After more than 16 years of programming WebDNA I have yet to > see a problem like this that I cannot fix -- especially one > where the problem is reportedly NOT due to extremely heavy > traffic on the server! > > >> our visitor >> numbers have dropped significantly, we explain it by the >> myriad of problems we've been having with webdna ... > Maybe these "problems" are caused by a badly configured IIS > server that is preventing WebDNA from functioning properly. > Have you ever considered this possibility? > > Have you tried to reboot the server yet to see if that > clears up the problems??? > > >> I inherited this system, and I doubt it webdna, was ever >> meant to run such a complex and large system. > You seem to think that WebDNA cannot handle large and > complex systems, which is wrong to begin with. > > But then you said the problem occurs even when there is a > light load on the server -- which suggests a WebDNA coding > error or a server misconfiguration to me. So how do you > propose to track down the problem? What is your "plan of > action"? > > >> I have to explicitly tell it from the admin panel what to >> do with it ... > What are you telling this admin panel to do? > > And what "admin panel" are you talking about? The WebDNA > admin panel that came with the WebDNA software, or a > separate programmer's admin panel? Or some other admin > panel? > > >> ... and then delte the file and let webdna make a >> new db whenever it decides to not be able to access it. > How are you deleting this file? Via an admin panel button or > link? Are you flushing the databases first BEFORE deleting > the file? How is WebDNA "making a new db" if you are > deleting the existing db? What is it using to populate this > new db? > > Sincerely, > Kenneth Grome > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list. > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us > --=20 Med Venlig Hilsen Tommy Dahlb=E6k Bell Tlf: +45 27 63 00 88 E-mail: tbell05@student.aau.dk E-mail: tommy@enkelthed.dk
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