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brian · 15-02-10, 12:41 PM

My sincere apologies for all the disruption over the past 24 hours - I tried to merge a new forum into Techwatch, but unfortunately the process was a complete cock up and damaged the TW forums database.

I did revert back to a backup taken on Saturday night and thought everything would have been fine, excepting for losing a lot of posts from Sunday.

However, it turned out the restore was incomplete and had left a chuck of the forum database missing.

While the forums appeared to be running fine, it seemed far safer to simple revert back to Sat night's backup and have a completely fine and working forum - than risk running the rest of the week on an incomplete database and find significant parts of the forum were not working properly - and then having to revert back to Sat's backup anyway.

Everything should be fine and sorted now - the database is recovered to the backup and all appears to be fine, and there should be no more disruption.

Apologies again for the lost of Sunday's and this morning's posts, but I figure better to lose a little now, than risk losing a lot later.

River-Rat · 15-02-10, 03:13 PM

have to add very slow on load up from me and if you need help i know some of the ACP LOL but i use IPB more

satsid · 15-02-10, 10:38 PM

Wow iv got on,Dont mean the upgrade brian m8,but its been hell trying to get on the board.Good luck on the merge,hope all goes sweet.

/24 · 18-02-10, 08:21 AM

I will second the slow loading time!

jin799 · 18-02-10, 09:48 AM

kool we're back but which was the new forum ?

martin-f · 18-02-10, 09:54 AM

look here for info m8

Apologies for the disruption

River-Rat · 18-02-10, 11:00 AM

i found one problem, i updated my FF and is working better

15-02-10, 12:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
brian Administrator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inverness, Scotland Posts: 3,801 Thanks: 286 Thanked 1,697 Times in 595 Posts	Apologies for the disruption My sincere apologies for all the disruption over the past 24 hours - I tried to merge a new forum into Techwatch, but unfortunately the process was a complete cock up and damaged the TW forums database. I did revert back to a backup taken on Saturday night and thought everything would have been fine, excepting for losing a lot of posts from Sunday. However, it turned out the restore was incomplete and had left a chuck of the forum database missing. While the forums appeared to be running fine, it seemed far safer to simple revert back to Sat night's backup and have a completely fine and working forum - than risk running the rest of the week on an incomplete database and find significant parts of the forum were not working properly - and then having to revert back to Sat's backup anyway. Everything should be fine and sorted now - the database is recovered to the backup and all appears to be fine, and there should be no more disruption. Apologies again for the lost of Sunday's and this morning's posts, but I figure better to lose a little now, than risk losing a lot later.

15-02-10, 03:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
River-Rat Ex cable guy Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,780 Thanks: 62 Thanked 385 Times in 281 Posts	Re: Apologies for the disruption have to add very slow on load up from me and if you need help i know some of the ACP LOL but i use IPB more __________________ 1 meter dish with octo lnb, xtrend et9200HD e2 box, 50inch Panasonic vt30. ps3, lg cinema sound

15-02-10, 10:38 PM	#3 (permalink)
satsid Feedhunter Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,814 Thanks: 31 Thanked 86 Times in 62 Posts	Re: Apologies for the disruption Wow iv got on,Dont mean the upgrade brian m8,but its been hell trying to get on the board.Good luck on the merge,hope all goes sweet.

18-02-10, 08:21 AM	#4 (permalink)
/24 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 417 Thanks: 39 Thanked 94 Times in 82 Posts	Re: Apologies for the disruption I will second the slow loading time!

18-02-10, 09:48 AM	#5 (permalink)
jin799 Technology Forums Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 16 Thanks: 15 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Apologies for the disruption kool we're back but which was the new forum ?

18-02-10, 09:54 AM	#6 (permalink)
martin-f Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 3,298 Thanks: 1,209 Thanked 1,317 Times in 914 Posts	Re: Apologies for the disruption look here for info m8 Apologies for the disruption __________________ 1mtr orbital dish motorised azbox premium hd technomate 6900 hd combo "never argue with an idiot, they will bring you down to their level and beat you on experience" Last edited by martin-f; 18-02-10 at 09:57 AM.

18-02-10, 11:00 AM	#7 (permalink)
River-Rat Ex cable guy Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,780 Thanks: 62 Thanked 385 Times in 281 Posts	Re: Apologies for the disruption i found one problem, i updated my FF and is working better __________________ 1 meter dish with octo lnb, xtrend et9200HD e2 box, 50inch Panasonic vt30. ps3, lg cinema sound

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