recordcount element error

October 18, 2004 12:31 PM

MetaFilter spits out the following error, Element RECORDCOUNT is undefined in GET_TYPE. AskMeFi and MeTa work fine.
posted by riffola to Bugs at 12:31 PM (21 comments total)

Me too.
posted by Witty at 12:36 PM on October 18, 2004

I'm getting it too (IE5.1/Mac).
posted by amberglow at 12:38 PM on October 18, 2004

I'm getting it as well, but it's been on and off, and the error seems to be in the "text ad" block--maybe there's a malformed text ad record?
posted by LairBob at 12:46 PM on October 18, 2004

I am as well, in FireFox on a Dull with XP loaded up. The page partially loads up but then stalls with that gray box.
posted by fenriq at 12:47 PM on October 18, 2004

Yes, me too. nothin but a blue error screen.

This is a dumb question but does anyone post these as uptime posts anymore?
posted by Peter H at 12:49 PM on October 18, 2004

I got it, but refreshed and it was fine, so I second LairBob's posit.
posted by sciurus at 12:58 PM on October 18, 2004

oh me too, but i posted about it in an earlier thread, (complete with screen cap evidence) wasn't in the mood to start a new one.
posted by t r a c y at 1:05 PM on October 18, 2004

I got it too. Logged out, logged in, no error.

Coincidence?
posted by mr_crash_davis at 1:53 PM on October 18, 2004

I seem to be only getting it when clicking the Metafilter link in Bloglines. When I type the address in, I don't get the error.
posted by rhapsodie at 1:58 PM on October 18, 2004

As LairBob mentioned, I think it's one of the textads. I only get the error occasionally on the frontpage, and when I do, it seems to be halfway through the textad box. However, I get a similar error--"attribute validation error for tag cfoutput"--everytime I load the allads page.
posted by monju_bosatsu at 2:03 PM on October 18, 2004

I think the error is one of the textad records being malformed. I'll look into it later today.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 2:04 PM on October 18, 2004

hmm, strangely enough the all ads page shows up fine for me on most loads, but every once in a while dies.

I wonder if one of the ad logging tables is getting too big or something.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 2:27 PM on October 18, 2004

I got it and then just hit refresh and it's fine now. Firefox on OSX.
posted by dobbs at 2:52 PM on October 18, 2004

I got it too. Logged out, logged in, no error.

at the time i logged out and back in again and it made no difference. page works just fine now tho'.
posted by t r a c y at 3:42 PM on October 18, 2004

oh for crissakes, no it doesn't. i give up.
posted by t r a c y at 3:45 PM on October 18, 2004

Peter H, to me it was a bug not an uptime issue.
posted by riffola at 4:17 PM on October 18, 2004

No, riffola, I posted a 'bug' like this too. Wasn't a complaint, really just wondrin if anyone did.
posted by Peter H at 4:34 PM on October 18, 2004

MetaFilter is extremely slow of late. Please Matt, charge people to open new accounts, and use the money to give MeFi a vaguely acceptable interface.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 5:10 PM on October 18, 2004

In related news, this link doesn't work.
posted by Evstar at 5:39 PM on October 18, 2004

this link doesn't work.

that's because threads don't end in a slash. Take it off and it loads up instantly.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 10:12 PM on October 18, 2004

Then the problem is with the google search, because that's where the link came from.
posted by Evstar at 4:57 PM on October 19, 2004