Re: F3 crashing server
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1997
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 11550
interpreted = N
texte = >We are experiencing continuing but intermittent problems when we >manually quit WC which causes our server to crash. This has happened 4 >times now. Not sure if it munched our data again like it did yesterday >but will let you know.I looked at Karl's data, and the most probable explanation is that some of his databases had a mixture of tab-delimited and Merge-format text in them. There is a bug in FC3 and all previous versions of WebCatalog that causes it to create this mixture in the following sequence:1) You pre-build a merge-format database 2) WebCatalog is told to $Append (or [Append]) to the database ONLY (no $Replace or $Delete ever) 3) WebCatalog quits, having appended tab-delim text, but not overwriting merge-format beginnings of file 4) WebCatalog reloads database, which is now a weird mixtureIn this case, I can see WebCatalog not reading the database properly. The fix (in the next release) is to always rewrite the database as tab-delimited if we sense merge-format.The fix for Karl's site was to manually convert all databases to tab-delimited.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ===== Tools for WebWarriors ===== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog Pro, WebCommerce Solution 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, SiteCheck, PhotoMaster San Diego, CA 92128 | SiteGuard 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com
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>We are experiencing continuing but intermittent problems when we >manually quit WC which causes our server to crash. This has happened 4 >times now. Not sure if it munched our data again like it did yesterday >but will let you know.I looked at Karl's data, and the most probable explanation is that some of his databases had a mixture of tab-delimited and Merge-format text in them. There is a bug in FC3 and all previous versions of WebCatalog that causes it to create this mixture in the following sequence:1) You pre-build a merge-format database 2) WebCatalog is told to $Append (or
[append]) to the database ONLY (no $Replace or $Delete ever) 3) WebCatalog quits, having appended tab-delim text, but not overwriting merge-format beginnings of file 4) WebCatalog reloads database, which is now a weird mixtureIn this case, I can see WebCatalog not reading the database properly. The fix (in the next release) is to always rewrite the database as tab-delimited if we sense merge-format.The fix for Karl's site was to manually convert all databases to tab-delimited.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ===== Tools for WebWarriors ===== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog Pro, WebCommerce Solution 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, SiteCheck, PhotoMaster San Diego, CA 92128 | SiteGuard 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com
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