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January 27, 2006
I Give Up
By QBlog in Blog News
No Help Desk™ today as I try to stay sane during yet another server issue. Many complained about database connection errors on the Quixtar BLOG Forum and one solution was to move some things around.
I reluctantly agreed to do this knowing that, in my experience, these things never go smoothly. And of course, everything is screwed up.
The move didn't work. The Forum is now missing data and not allowing me to insert new data. It's all one giant foul-up.
This is a giant headache that I really don't need. Yes, I'm bitching and whining but I'm sick of dealing with all this crap and need to vent somehow.
I just want things to work. If it costs more money, I'll pay. And thanks for your recommendations of other services but I don't want to move again. That was a nightmare that I don't want to repeat and I'm convinced that it's the rule rather than the exception.
When half the time I spend on this site is fixing things, troubleshooting problems and optimizing the site then I really feel I've got a problem.
Just call me frustrated.
UPDATE: My host has done the move for me and it seems to have worked well except that a few of the most recent posts were lost. For now, I'm satisfied and I don't have to think about it again.
Does anyone want to be the QBlog DBA? The pay is lousy but the rewards are... well... also lousy. You'll get a cool QBlog T-Shirt!
Comments
A proper host will make a transition easy - that being said, a dedicated server on a nice host should do a body good...even if it is 'one more move'
:)
Hey!!! you never told me. Call me if you need me ??
I was going to ask how I could help with $$ and then I saw the link to "Support Quixtar Blog".
Maybe you could do a "QuixtarBlog Webathon" to help support the site.
Imran,
You've done so much to help already that I just didn't want to bother you again. I got things fixed and with minimal data loss. Everything seems fine now and the server really does seem snappier and more responsive.
Maybe it's time to weed out some of the older posts - especially the ones not pertaining to A/Q.
If it's any consolation, keep in mind the number of people who have gotten valuable information from this blog.
Hang in there.
Posted by: Scott N | January 27, 2006 10:10 PM