The Breitling Watch Source Forums

Has anyone else been getting problems accessing the forum from time to time recently? It starts by hanging really badly and then I get this message -

phpBB : Critical Error

Could not connect to the database

I've been getting it both at home and at work.....

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Driver8

Site Moderator

Yup - been happening a lot over the last couple of weeks.

A bit frustrating but sticking with it as I enjoy the forum so much.

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Aerospace Titanium & Gold - Grey Face
B-1 on Fighter/Blue Shark - Blue Face
Emergency on Pro - Yellow Face

To complete the collection:
Navi 01 46/Black leather - Black/white
Montbrillant Datora/Navi - White face


LEARNING.......EVERY DAY

I've gotten the same message.

Justin

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Justin
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me too

yep, same here. Seeing it quite a bit now too

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Breitling B-2 (Black)
Breitling Avenger Skyland (Slate)

...thought it was just me! I was about to email admin

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Breitling Super Avenger White, Steel
Breitling Superocean Heritage 46 Black, Ocean Racer
Rolex Submariner Bi-Metal, Yellow Gold/Blue
Panerai 112, Black Leather (Soon Hopefully!)

Same here. Sometimes straight in, sometimes hanging then crashing out.
Better over the last day or so.

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"Per Ardua Ad Lingi"

Haven't seen the critical error as much, but I've still found the site slow over the last couple of days.

Not just me then. Hey Mr Admin - any ideas on this prob????

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Driver8

Site Moderator

That happens to me every now and then, and sometimes I also get the "unable to connect to website" but going back in the browser resolves that.

Another thing - I've found a way of going around the problems while logging in (having to log in several times and all messages are marked as read) - I go to one of the topics and clicks on "post reply". Then I get to log in before replying and it works as a charm every time.

Finally - is there a way to control the Google Ads in the bottom of each page? I find it quite insulting to get "Best Breitling Replicas on the net" in my face, especially on this forum...

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Man let me tell ya it is a PAIN for me. I keep getting logged out, sometimes after writting a post. I never get to keep mu cookies for more than a session, and all there errors are just getting to me.


Admin, we need to move to the new software bro, seriousely hindering my posting (which probably is a good thing )

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Certified watch nut.

The problem is that the MySQL server on which the database of this forum is located goes AWOL. So basically it is the fault of the hosting company on which BS is located.

http://www.google.hr/search?hl=hr&clien ... ox&spell=1

+ this

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865



Moving to phpBB 3.0.O would be a disaster IMO under the current circumstances.
PhpBB 3.0 has a much bigger load on Mysql server then the current version of the forum

Very VERY true Aleister! It's been bugging me too!

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Driver8

Site Moderator

I fear you could be right. It sounds more like a hardware issue (likely running out of resources) - I can't believe that mySQL itself is the real problem.