Eliminate timeout when posting reply to a post
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I just typed a long reply to a post and unfortunatelly when I clicked on post the whole page went back to an empty post reply page. The whole thing I typed is gone. And this is not the first time it happened to me and is extremely frustrating. Is there a timeout or something like this that limits the time allowed for posting the reply? Am I doing somthing wrong? I think this is the first forum I have encountered such problems...
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Happens to everyone I think.
Usually if I'm working on a long post, I'll Put the entire message into the clipboard. so if it does happen I don't lose anything.
I think it is a page timeout. But not sure.
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Might be a session timeout issue. I haven't timed it, but I figure it would be on the 5, 10, or 15 minute mark. Maybe Steve could comment. This isn't the only board where I've been bitten by the timeout issue. There are a couple of others I've posted to (not using the same software used here) where I've also been lost posts.
K. Brian Kelley
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This is what I always promise myself when it bums on me. But then I forget and it happens again. Plus, I have no clue, how long before the timeout kicks in and then it is too late because I can not go back. I think Brian is right that it happens on other forums, but I think the other forums let you go back a page and get back your stuff.
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NOT funny when this happens but I just wanted to post the links to at least 3 different times in the past when this issue has been discussed..
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Happened to me yeasterday as well. Typed for a min then was on phone. Then finished it up and blam a blank screen.
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Yep, it is not funny. And what happens sometimes I just give up and don't waste my time trying to recreate the message.
I looked at the threads you listed and what's strange is the fact there are no replies from Steve or anyone from the SQL Server Central crew. Looks like they pretend the issue does not exist.
I think at least an explanation on what is the timeout in minutes..., and because this is a third party software they have no way of changing it ....
(or someting like this) so at least we know they looked into it.
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Some of those threads aren't titled such that you'd know a problem happened in them. After all, they were started to ask a question. As for this thread, Steve is in and out of pocket for the next few days as his editorials and blog entry has indicated due to moving.
K. Brian Kelley
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I hope I was not offensive with my last post. If I were, I appologize. Not blaming anyone, just want to make sure the issue is looked into. Looks like this was not an isolated incident and many forum members experienced this frustrating behavior.
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I didn't take it to be offensive, just wanted to let folks know who hadn't seen the editorial and blog that Steve's in and out.
K. Brian Kelley
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It happens sometimes, but I try to watch the site throughout the day and see if there are issues. We do have performance problems at times, but they are very intermittent. The vast majority of the day, both the web and db servers trundle along at < 10%.
One thing to be careful of is hitting Enter. These forums (we bought the code) can be slightly flaky with Enter v a click on the button.
Also, I too, CTRL-A, CTRL-C if I have a response fo any size to post
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I don't think this is performance related. Looks like some kind of timeout on a page or cookie or stuff like this.
It is frustrating because sometimes I just don't realize how long did it take me to write the post or get distracted... and I wish there was a way to figure out how to get rid of this problem on your side instead of going thru the copy and paste in case I went over the time limit.
Do you get a log entry if someone gets 'blanked out' when replying to a post?
Maybe the problem happens more often then the posts would suggest.
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Was just looking to post about this problem but did a search first. It's been a year and this is still happening
Seems to me that this would be a quick killer of a good forum. Why is it still happening? Personally if I loose a post (it has happened) I will not bother retyping it unless I remembered to copy and paste the text before submiting it. This is happening to me on a regular basis. -
i have been bitten by this bug 6 times this week; some of my posts couldn't have taken me over 3 minutes to type, others were huge detailed answers....I'm a damn decent web developer, if you need someone to trace the code and find the timeout issue, I'd volunteer; change the code to look for a cookie or something so that this doesn't happen.
Like Carl said, because of that, i didn't try to retype my answers....too much trouble.
Lowell
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Lowell, our apologies.
It's can't be a simple timeout, but must be some intermittent error. I haven't seen it for months, but it happened this week to me and I was on the form < 5 minutes.
I sent a note to the dev guys to see if they can find time to trace it.
Steve
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