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| BrianP Senior Member  Joined: 30/03/2017 Location: AustraliaPosts: 292 |
Hi all I'm creating this new thread instead of posting in Glenn's sticky forum upgrade thread because I'm not sure my posts are working when being added to an existing thread. In my "Current Measurement of Solar Panel Output" thread there are at least 2 posts that are not showing up. The last post visible is the one from Davo99 on the 20/8, which I had replied to. The reply is not visible, even though on the main page the stats for this thread show it being last updated by me on 22/8. Anybody else having any similar issues? B |
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Bryan1 Guru  Joined: 22/02/2006 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1589 |
I think one good addition to this forum could be a link at bottom of the page to take you back to the the top of the page. I'm sure this wouldn't be a hard task to do and I do think it would be a nice addition to have on this forum. Regards Bryan Edited 2019-08-26 18:12 by Bryan1 |
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KeepIS Guru Joined: 13/10/2014 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1945 |
I also can't see your last post, and yes, says last update was on the 22 but no post for that date, which is your last missing post, however I have not noticed this on any of my posts or threads. Mike. Edited 2019-08-26 18:37 by KeepIS NANO Inverter: Full download - Only Hex Ver 8.1Ks |
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| erbp Senior Member Joined: 03/05/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 195 |
When I try to go to the last post in the "Current Measurement of Solar Panel Output" thread I get the following error displayed at the top of Page 2:  Regards, Phil. |
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Gizmo Admin Group  Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5160 |
Guys I'm aware of these issues. No need for a new thread. erbp that current measurement thread is broken, one of the replies is malformed, someone went to quote another and they deleted the trailing ] character in the {QUOTE=NAME}. I will fix the thread but I want to stop this problem happening again first. The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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| Gizmo Admin Group Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5160 |
That thread is fixed. Explanation of what the problem is. I'm replacing the [ with { for this or the forum code will get confused. Someone quoted someone else, but they deleted the trailing ], so instead of {QUOTE=FRED} Blah blah, we had {QUOTE=FRED Blah blah. The code looks for {QUOTE=, and then for the first } after that. Between the {QUOTE= and } is the members username. It didnt find the }, and as it was stuck in a loop until it had processed all {QUOTE= 's, it quickly ran out of memory and raised that fatal error. How to fix it? Ideally the code should work out where the last } should have gone, after the member username, but how to detect the end of the username? A space? Nup, some usernames have spaces in them! The only way I could think of was, if the code could not find a } after 50 characters ( the maximum length of a username ), then give up and drop the username altogether. It treats {QUOTE=Fred Blah blah, as {QUOTE=}Fred Blah Blah. That way the formatting may be a bit off, but the code wont crash. In the end, its up to members to be careful with the forum codes, these need to be structured correctly for the forum to display the posts correctly. Glenn The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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| BrianP Senior Member Joined: 30/03/2017 Location: AustraliaPosts: 292 |
Thanx Glenn for all your work - it becomes a badge of honour doesn't it. The curious thing about the formatting corruption (I caused) is that it saved correctly & initially showed up in the thread. It was only a day or so later that it had vanished, which is why I didn't twig it might have been my post. Please hurry up with the Donate button!  B |
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