VoyForums
[ Show ]
Support VoyForums
[ Shrink ]
VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, 2, [3] ]

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 16:13:15 06/30/00 Fri
Author: JM
Subject: Re: Forum Messages, Lost Replies, Archival - (didn't work for me)
In reply to: Brandon 's message, "Forum Messages, Lost Replies, Archival" on 21:22:07 06/20/00 Tue

> Dear Forum Owners,
>
> Two main problems can exist in some forums:
> 1. All messages missing, and 2. Missing replies.
>
> Both are the result of corrupt records and we've now
> completed a semi-intelligent program which reads in
> all messages and attempts to output a nice
> clean forum.
>
> Replies may be missing in current forums because the
> original message is missing -- that is, the replies
> exist, but the message they were in reply-to is gone.
> The forum restoration program will try to keep your
> messages, but because the original message (the start
> of the thread) is missing, it simply places the
> replies as if they were the start of a new thread.
> It's the only way possible to keep the replies.
>
> Now, we've tested restoring a few forums, but wish to
> leave it up to you guys to handle it after you read
> this message (so there are no surprises). Please read
> on...
>
> We've set up a Forum Rebuild option in the
> Owner Login menu. This option will, first, make a
> backup of your message database, and then try to
> perform this restore.
>
> After this is done, please look at your forum to see
> if your messages are there. If you don't have
> messages -- perhaps your forum didn't have them in the
> first place; however, if you think something is fishy
> and prefer your forum the way it was before [the
> restore], go back to the Forum Owner menu and select
> the Restore from Backup option.
>
> The Forum Rebuild is relatively fool-proof, but
> we provide the option to restore anyway.
>
> There's one last important note. The forum rebuild
> will put ALL messages into the main index -- that is,
> all the messages in your archives will be moved back
> into the main index. Don't fret, though, for a single
> post will begin the archival process; this takes some
> time, so expect your first post to sit there for a bit
> while the system analyses the message database and
> archives threads.
>
> Since there is a limit on the number of threads
> archived at a time, expect a few new posts to be
> required to archive all messages to the normal balance
> point.
>
> That's about it -- It should all work well, let us
> know if it doesn't.
>
> Sincerely,
> Brandon
> VoyForums Staff

Hi Brandon,

Pls could you check out forum 4529 as the rebuild thing didn't work for me - I had tried it some days ago ie before you posted and it comes up with the message:

For : Back-up and attempt Forum Rebuild & also
For: On failure of the above, restore from backup --

The forum owner of this forum is currently running an automated process to fix this forum's messages. Please wait a few minutes before trying to reload


Pls could you take a look.

Thanks.
JM

p/s I had a few messages appear in Archive 3 but there are only say a dozen or so. I originally had 3 full Archives plus a full main page. Thanks again Brandon.

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Replies:

Forum timezone: GMT-8
VF Version: 3.00b, ConfDB:
Before posting please read our privacy policy.
VoyForums(tm) is a Free Service from Voyager Info-Systems.
Copyright © 1998-2019 Voyager Info-Systems. All Rights Reserved.