Re: WebCat 3.04-3.07 plug-in dying on server....

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texte = Ken,At 9:34 PM -1000 03/7/00, Kenneth Grome wrote:> >>My gut feeling is that you may see >>>the same problems even after you replace the plugin with the cgi, >>>thus narrowing things down to either a bug in webcat or a coding >>>problem in one of your templates >> >>It's not going to be a coding problem because it's universal- among >>15-20 sites with 5 different developers, so none of the code is all >>from one shop. > >If all the sites are on the same server, then it is very possible -- >and very likely -- that someone has uploaded a template that is >killing webcatalog, and thereby killing every webcat site on the >server. The problem wouldn't show up until someone requests that >page, and then the bad code kills webcat ...Yes, I understand what you're saying, but the code should just kill WebCat, instead, WebCat does a slow agonizing death over 20-60 minutes. LIke I mentioned in the original post, WebCat slowly goes deaf and starts missing bits of code here and there, to the point where it just stops cold. The time frame has been as long as 2 hours and as short as 15-20 minutes.> >Too much variety across the sites. I could see one >>shop's code breaking because of a consistent coding problem, but the >>upgrade breaks every site. > >One shop's code can *EASILY* break every site! That's one of >webcat's major security and stability problems!Yes, I do know this. We've had a client with one line of bad code crash the server before, but this doesn't have the same look and feel.I've checked the WebCat error log and nothing's amiss, so I haven't got a clue.HEY, SMITH-MICRO! Can I turn on the Technical Support logging and have you help me weed out the problems?Bill -- -- Bill Heissenbuttel (bill@pagehouse.com) - http://www.pagehouseinc.com PageHouse, Inc. - Internet Commerce Solutions for Internet Professionals (509) 892-1973 - PGP key ID: 0xE8544665 (http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xE8544665) ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
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  2. Re: WebCat 3.04-3.07 plug-in dying on server.... (Alex McCombie 2000)
  3. Re: WebCat 3.04-3.07 plug-in dying on server.... (Alex McCombie 2000)
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  5. Re: WebCat 3.04-3.07 plug-in dying on server.... (Bill Heissenbuttel 2000)
  6. Re: WebCat 3.04-3.07 plug-in dying on server.... (Kenneth Grome 2000)
  7. Re: WebCat 3.04-3.07 plug-in dying on server.... (Bill Heissenbuttel 2000)
  8. Re: WebCat 3.04-3.07 plug-in dying on server.... (Kenneth Grome 2000)
  9. Re: WebCat 3.04-3.07 plug-in dying on server.... (Bill Heissenbuttel 2000)
  10. Re: WebCat 3.04-3.07 plug-in dying on server.... (Stuart Tremain 2000)
  11. Re: WebCat 3.04-3.07 plug-in dying on server.... (Kenneth Grome 2000)
  12. WebCat 3.04-3.07 plug-in dying on server.... (Bill Heissenbuttel 2000)
Ken,At 9:34 PM -1000 03/7/00, Kenneth Grome wrote:> >>My gut feeling is that you may see >>>the same problems even after you replace the plugin with the cgi, >>>thus narrowing things down to either a bug in webcat or a coding >>>problem in one of your templates >> >>It's not going to be a coding problem because it's universal- among >>15-20 sites with 5 different developers, so none of the code is all >>from one shop. > >If all the sites are on the same server, then it is very possible -- >and very likely -- that someone has uploaded a template that is >killing webcatalog, and thereby killing every webcat site on the >server. The problem wouldn't show up until someone requests that >page, and then the bad code kills webcat ...Yes, I understand what you're saying, but the code should just kill WebCat, instead, WebCat does a slow agonizing death over 20-60 minutes. LIke I mentioned in the original post, WebCat slowly goes deaf and starts missing bits of code here and there, to the point where it just stops cold. The time frame has been as long as 2 hours and as short as 15-20 minutes.> >Too much variety across the sites. I could see one >>shop's code breaking because of a consistent coding problem, but the >>upgrade breaks every site. > >One shop's code can *EASILY* break every site! That's one of >webcat's major security and stability problems!Yes, I do know this. We've had a client with one line of bad code crash the server before, but this doesn't have the same look and feel.I've checked the WebCat error log and nothing's amiss, so I haven't got a clue.HEY, SMITH-MICRO! Can I turn on the Technical Support logging and have you help me weed out the problems?Bill -- -- Bill Heissenbuttel (bill@pagehouse.com) - http://www.pagehouseinc.com PageHouse, Inc. - Internet Commerce Solutions for Internet Professionals (509) 892-1973 - PGP key ID: 0xE8544665 (http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xE8544665) ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Bill Heissenbuttel

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