Double double trouble trouble

January 18, 2010 12:12 AM

In the last half-hour, AskMefi appears to have begun doubling every comment.
posted by embrangled to Bugs at 12:12 AM (23 comments total)

Haha, I was just working on this very same post. Hope it's an easy problem to fix because it sure is obnoxious.
posted by crinklebat at 12:14 AM on January 18, 2010

Also the server is running at post office slow.
posted by The Whelk at 12:19 AM on January 18, 2010

Actually, these comments make me wonder if AskMe is posting a new comment each time the preview button is pressed.
posted by embrangled at 12:31 AM on January 18, 2010

More likely, the person hits 'post comment', the request seems to time out (but the database update is still recorded) and so they hit 'post comment' again thinking the first one timed out.
posted by Rhomboid at 12:32 AM on January 18, 2010 [1 favorite]

We have one issue with a weekly database procedure that has been locking up the database the last two Mondays. I just rebooted the sql server box and everything's working fine. Nothing in our code was doubling things up it was just the database server was locked up solid and people were submitting multiple times hoping it would go through only to find out it went through several times.

We'll continue to work on this weekly db lockup issue so it doesn't come up in the future.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 1:05 AM on January 18, 2010

Would that weekly database procedure be the infodump generation cronjob?
posted by Rhomboid at 1:20 AM on January 18, 2010

Naw, it's some dumb internal SQL server maintenance thing that automatically runs, but doesn't release the memory or processor after it is finished.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 1:23 AM on January 18, 2010

It's fixed now.
posted by DreamerFi at 7:01 AM on January 18, 2010

I thought it was Leechblock playing up.
posted by Solomon at 7:02 AM on January 18, 2010

bugger. I thought I'd post "it's fixed now" twice - and the system doesn't let me. Curse you, meta!
posted by DreamerFi at 7:02 AM on January 18, 2010

Double comment in the Ebert/Cache thread. Timed out, I hit back, 'post' a second time, and two comments popped up.
posted by billysumday at 8:26 AM on January 18, 2010

I think there's still a problem. I just posted an answer in AskMe and got "MetaFilter is over capacity at the moment" error (after a long wait). No double comment though because I checked the thread in a separate tab and can see my answer there.
posted by FishBike at 8:28 AM on January 18, 2010

This thread as well. I flagged the 3 offenders. I was in the middle of trying to post to it as well, but it's not going through...
posted by cgg at 8:28 AM on January 18, 2010

Yeah, we seem to be having some more horkiness this morning. Workin' on it, keep flagging those doubles.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:31 AM on January 18, 2010

Doubles in the San Rafael thread. Flagged 'em.
posted by rtha at 9:10 AM on January 18, 2010

I did exactly what Rhomboid theorized, then flagged my own double. Sorry to make more work for Team Mod.
posted by Quietgal at 9:12 AM on January 18, 2010

I got the over capacity error as well.
posted by carmen at 9:17 AM on January 18, 2010

Workin' on it, keep flagging those doubles. (cortexAdmin)

It's probably just me, but, in my head, I totally heard this as a line from a "Do the Hustle" type disco song.
posted by ocherdraco at 9:40 AM on January 18, 2010 [1 favorite]

I thought Mefi was just trying out a comment matching experiment for January.
posted by special-k at 9:45 AM on January 18, 2010

If you say it twice, maybe they'll actually listen.
posted by june made him a gemini at 10:47 AM on January 18, 2010

Um, not sure if this is from my end or not (though it seems unlikely that it is), but when I click to certain pages (like my profile) instead of being directed to the page, I'm now being directed to a Network Solutions "This Page Is Under Construction - Coming Soon!" placeholder. (I've got a screenshot, if it would be helpful.) Could this perhaps be related to the server business?
posted by ocherdraco at 5:12 PM on January 18, 2010

Could this perhaps be related to the server business?

Very very unlikely. When you see the NetSol page, what's the URL in the address bar?
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 5:53 PM on January 18, 2010

The url for my user page. (I'm clicking links, not typing in urls.) This has been sporadic, though; it's not happening every time.
posted by ocherdraco at 7:12 PM on January 18, 2010