OK, I’ve installed a brand new database version and switched the table type on atomic.users to be InnoDB. This should almost instantly fix a bunch of the locking issues because InnoDB has row level locking. The only downer is the possibility that InnoDB still has the bug we tickled a few versions ago when we tried last time. If it does, Heikki promised to fix it really quickly anyway 🙂
Fingers crossed guys….
Steve.
First up, Flagg, aside from being an insensitive jerk (which you are perfectly entitled to be) I hope that you never request any help from anyone for a loved one because after all, there are others out there in much worse positions and therefore you’re not entitled to feel anything for your own loved ones….
Stage 2 of the Reader Comment upgrade is now online, plus I had an idea about how to make things a bit easier to drive on the comments side of things so that is online now also. What does Stage 2 include? If you recall, Stage 1 was the addition of the option for diarists…
Please be aware that if you’ve a HotMail account which is used to receive your notifies of updated diaries and/or comments you will not be able to receive them at the moment. I am in discussion with Hotmail about why this is so, and at the moment the IP address of our (new) server is…
If you’re a Plus user who’s been affected by the downtime over the past few days please e-mail me privately ([email protected]) to get an extra week added to your Plus subscription by way of apology and compensation for the inability to use the system over the last few days. There are still some residual issues…
Just a quickie (you know what us men are like)… I’m happy that the server is doing ok – the server did actually start going nuts again for a little while even after the optimisation of the database. I watched the logs for hours last night and it looks like the site was getting the…
Visit Symantec’s web site for more information; http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected] As always, if you receive an email with an attachment you DIDNT ASK FOR, then DON’T OPEN IT And make sure your Outlook Express is patched against the MIME vulnerability that allows mails to automatically open attachments. Just for the record, if anyone tries sending the Goner…