My Comments page broken

November 9, 2006 8:34 PM

My "My Comments" page is broken. "[Macromedia][SQLServer JDBC Driver][SQLServer]Cannot sort a row of size 8407, which is greater than the allowable maximum of 8094." I have a hunch on which thread is to blame.
posted by smackfu to Bugs at 8:34 PM (24 comments total)

Not this one. I'm in there, and the page works fine for me.
posted by Robert Angelo at 8:44 PM on November 9, 2006

I'm getting this also, have been since 7 p.m. est yesterday 11/9.
posted by fixedgear at 4:01 AM on November 10, 2006

i sense a great shrug in the mathowieverse...
posted by quonsar at 4:14 AM on November 10, 2006

I bet someone made a ridonkulously huge comment in a thread you've recently participated in. At least, that's the way it reads to me.
posted by Plutor at 4:40 AM on November 10, 2006

I've been getting this as well, since around 3 or 4 (mountain time) yesterday.
posted by arcticwoman at 8:29 AM on November 10, 2006

hmm, weird. The query should only grab 8000 characters from any big text field. Perhaps someone went nuts in a text field I don't filter out for size.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 9:28 AM on November 10, 2006

So are we just screwed then?
posted by arcticwoman at 8:43 PM on November 10, 2006

It's those fucking Haggard threads.
posted by fixedgear at 4:42 AM on November 11, 2006

Not Haggard, or else my "My Comments" would be broken, too.
posted by Robert Angelo at 8:22 AM on November 11, 2006

Still broken, and if it was Haggard, then the extra big post would have scrolled off long ago.
posted by arcticwoman at 10:46 AM on November 11, 2006

No, "My Comments" Is still hosed.
posted by fixedgear at 5:43 PM on November 11, 2006

Sorry, it's not an 'extra big comment' it seems like it's 1,500+ comments.
posted by fixedgear at 5:44 PM on November 11, 2006

Not 1500_ comments. I'm in that thread, and the My Comments page works fine for me.
posted by Robert Angelo at 7:49 PM on November 11, 2006

Still broken, three days later.
posted by arcticwoman at 9:39 AM on November 12, 2006

Conclusion: Some users have the problem. Some users don't.

Question: What's different about these two sets of users?
posted by Robert Angelo at 9:42 AM on November 12, 2006

Matt it's broken, Matt it's broken...
posted by fixedgear at 3:43 PM on November 13, 2006

Threads we three have in common:
http://metatalk.metafilter.com/mefi/13058
http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/49211
http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/56118
http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/56186
posted by smackfu at 10:13 PM on November 14, 2006

Oh, I bet it's the damn Steve McQueen thread. The html for the FPP is insanely huge because each letter in that long phrase is linked to a separate long URL.
posted by smackfu at 10:16 PM on November 14, 2006

So if it's the Steve McQueen thread, then why only us three and when will it go back to normal? I have commented in a bunch of threads since then and it has been almost a week.
posted by arcticwoman at 10:25 AM on November 15, 2006

It's still fucking broken.
posted by fixedgear at 4:43 PM on November 15, 2006

It's been a week. I REALLY want my comments back.
posted by arcticwoman at 8:24 AM on November 16, 2006

I'm pleased, I tell you, pleased to report that it is now working.
posted by fixedgear at 4:37 PM on November 16, 2006

Mine too, I am so glad. Thanks Matt, if it was your doing.
posted by arcticwoman at 9:51 PM on November 16, 2006

Woo.
posted by smackfu at 12:28 PM on November 17, 2006