Comments on: Connection timeout issues

Connection timeout issues

Protocols of the Elders of Awesome — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 08:27:38 -0800

still getting "connection timeout members". if it can't be fixed, perhaps just remove the line? it's not very meaningful anyway.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 08:39:54 -0800

that's weird, I'm not getting it. what system are you using? browser?

By: Plutor

Plutor — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 08:44:29 -0800

Not very meaningful? Outrageous!

I think I saw the connection timeout thing this morning, but yeah, it looks fixed now. IIRC, the problem is that it queries the database only once in a long while and then caches the number of users for hours at a time. If there's a problem at that moment, "Connection timeout" gets cached for hours instead.

By: Protocols of the Elders of Awesome

Protocols of the Elders of Awesome — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:17:21 -0800

I'm not getting it any more, but I get it pretty regularly. Perhaps an if-statement to display nothing if you get the string "Connection Timeout"?

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:03:38 -0800

Or rather to not update the cached value if the update returns the error.

By: Protocols of the Elders of Awesome

Protocols of the Elders of Awesome — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:27:08 -0800

yes, what he said

By: quonsar

quonsar — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:03:29 -0800

peeg can't live without his daily count of mefi members. q finds this humorous.

By: Protocols of the Elders of Awesome

Protocols of the Elders of Awesome — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 08:24:42 -0800

no q, i just felt that since this is mathowie's livelihood he wouldn't want a bug at the top of the front page.

By: I Love Tacos

I Love Tacos — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 21:32:49 -0800

I get the same thing fairly regularly, and agree with Protocols.

I think the bugs and the crashiness are funny, but I can't imagine they're good for business.