all SQL errors should now give an error code and a filename and a line number, which means that if you get an error and tell me about it, i might actually be able to do something about it. 

RECURSIVE ERROR:
Error 1: SQL error 1045 on line 12 of view_thread.php. Please tell metlslime about this.
Error 2: SQL error 1045 on line 24 of _display.php. Please tell metlslime about this.

Request was: http://www.celephais.net/board/view_thread.php?id=35374 

After adding the above post, I retrieved the whole sitehelp thread, but then that last post wasn't there. After another attempt, it showed up, though. 

okay, it's as i suspected.

the "RECURSIVE" errors are the ones where a second error occurs while trying to display an error page -- since the error page still has a header and stuff, there are still SQL commands required to see if you're logged in or not, and these must also be causing an error.

Since it's the same error number on both, and that error is "access denied for user" then I think there's nothing wrong with my SQL queries, and instead there's some intermittent problem with the server, like too many connections or something. Which means I can't fix it but at least I know WTF was going on all this time. 

as for the second error, if you see that more often then let me know. Otherwise it might just be a one-time hiccup. 

i meant your second post, #1012. 

the 2nd post, the entire thread could be retrieved correctly, so maybe it was just a fluke. 

by the way, news submission page works now, as does "creating a new discussion thread" page.

news rejection feature for moderators is still broken, though 

the site is 10x faster now, well done hudslime! 

i notest also that site is real much faster! good work! 

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Just messing about :) 

I'll see If I have time to throw that up later. 

Pretty clever how that replaces the crate. So long as the goodies in it are as good as the crate full of firearms and health packs. 

:(((( 

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.celephais.net%2Fboard+bailey 

yea, that's how I ended up doing it.. if the site operator isn't going to have a search feature, he/she could at least include a shortcut to that (a little Google entry box to search the forum).. good for keeping people from asking the same questions over and over - given the assumption that they'd actually try to search the forum first for previously-answered questions.

just a thought. :) 

not a bad idea Metl, might fit nicely next to the logout link in the menu bar... 

metlslime you should also add "happy new year/christmas/any other holiday" newsletter for each registered user

=) 

I just thought, why not have a QC forum? Yeah there's Mapping Help but that's rather different. I don't think it's a bad idea to keep them seperate and easier to reference particular posts. 

we have a couple of those i think. Maybe there isn't a catch-all qc thread, though. I guess someone could start one. 

i tend to just ask any qc related questions in the mapping help thread. 

could maybe modify that thread to be more general, but i've grown attached to "mapping help" over the years... :P 

i think a QC thread could be good.