PowerSwitch

I haven't been able to get on for a few days. What happened?

snow hope wrote:I haven't been able to get on for a few days. What happened?

That's what we ALL want to know.

Something to do with the data base.

CIA more like

Yeah- I tried to contact a couple of people via twitter, to see what was happening, but got no response. It made me realise how much I rely on this forum as a source of news'n'views.

It made me realise how much I rely on this forum as a source of news'n'views.

Me too Nexus - and now I feel ashamed because I haven't contributed anything to the forum for ages.

Well done on getting the forum up and running again you guys !

HWH- you inspire us with what you are up to on your land- that's a big contribution

There were some updates on Facebook. It seems to have been a database problem. In the end it was sorted out by the ISP, as it seemed difficult for the administrator to do it.

There is PS facebook page, just for such emergencies: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2410548920/

Recently it went like this:

Biff Vernon
Seems the man's on the case: "Site Maintenance In Progress
The PowerSwitch forum is temporarily unavailable while database crash recovery is being performed. This is expected to be complete within a few hours.
2012-09-01 02:00 JamesB"
Like · · Yesterday at 8:16am
Melanie Mabey likes this.

James Sandler Beckett Yeah. "A few hours". Trust me.
23 hours ago · Like

James Sandler Beckett Took me a while just to dig out the appropriate passwords and things to log on to the ISP's maintenance tools site
23 hours ago · Like

John Boshier few: a small number of
17 hours ago · Like

James Sandler Beckett ‎*actually* from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint - it's more like a big ball of data-ey, base-ey ... stuff. So "few" in this context, means "potentially unbounded, but probably more than 3".
16 hours ago · Like

James Sandler Beckett OK, the hosting co has helped with fixing up the database, and all should be well again - I'm leaving the maintenance message in place until I've done a sanity check on the forum functions. Expect access to be restored some time during Sunday.
14 hours ago · Like · 1

Biff Vernon A sanity check on the forum? Is that wise?
7 hours ago · Like · 1

Irene Kightley Oh dear, should I de-register....
about an hour ago · Like

James Sandler Beckett Sanity check completed.
Result negative.
All systems go.

You could also read this topic!
http://www.powerswitch.org.uk/forum/vie ... hp?t=21685

Well done and thanks for giving up a chunk of your weekend for us all

nexus wrote:HWH- you inspire us with what you are up to on your land- that's a big contribution

Seconded.

I'm glad to see the site up and running again and many thanks to those that did the work of sorting it out.

+1

Indeed, seconded. Thanks folks.

James Sandler Beckett Sanity check completed.
Result negative.
All systems go.

all normal then, no sanity here, move along please...

It is this type of thing that makes me worry we are becoming too dependent on technology.
The internet is a wonderful tool, but it is sucking us all down a hole which we ill find it difficult to get out of.
Just spent a week down in France(200mile approx south of HWH) and no internet, peace and quiet and didn't really miss it. Prefer to be doing something rather than wondering what to do next.
It used to be much easier to get services set up, someone to fix something before the internet, because there was some shop or office you could physically go into and sort the problem out. just tried sorting out annual gas service and the website would not allow me to do so so I had to ring up a call centre.

Anyway good to see the forum back