Mysql fault: Huh?

[Davey]

I subscribe to a couple of forums, and I recently got a response on one:

"MyBB SQL Error

MyBB has experienced an internal SQL error and cannot continue.

SQL Error:
145 - Table './xxxxxxxxxxxx/mybb_sessions' is marked as
crashed and should be repaired Query:
DELETE FROM mybb_sessions WHERE ip=X'586131b2'

Please contact the MyBB Group for technical support."


Going to the MyBBB site does not help, it describes lots of different
products, but does not appear to offer any troubleshooting help. i have
Searched this fault, and found a description of how to repair a faulted
Mysql database, but my PC does not appear to have Msql installed. This
means that the table referred to is not available. Does this mean that
the Msql database with the fault is on the remote server rather than
on my PC? I have sent an e-mail asking for information, but have
received no reply, which might mean it has a bigger problem.
Any help welcome.

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Davey.

[Andy Burns]

Davey wrote:

> my PC does not appear to have Msql installed.

It's installed on the server hosting the forums, nothing you can do to fix it,
other than inform the owner/administrator.

[Martin Gregorie]

You would know if MySQL was installed locally because you'd have
installed it. Since you apparently didn't do that, its MyBB's problem,
not yours.

Websites *should* have at least one of the following e-mail addresses set
up: 'help', 'contact', 'webmaster' and 'abuse' so I'd try sending email
to 'help' and/or 'webmaster' first. It that doesn't work, CC all of them.

Beyond that, it looks like you're s.o.l because their web site looks like
a dogs breakfast of twisty little self-referential links, none of which
point to a contact address, so you could:

- use 'Whois' to find who registered the mybb.com domain name and then
contact them to see if they'll give you the site owner's contact
details.

- Or just wait to see how long the site owners take to realise there's a
problem and fix it.


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Martin | martin at
Gregorie | gregorie dot org

[Andy Burns]

Martin Gregorie wrote:

> use 'Whois' to find who registered the mybb.com domain name

The b0rked forum is unlikely to be at the mybb domain, that's just the domain of
the forum software being used.

[Davey]

...which is what I have attempted to do. I'll just keep checking every
day or so.

Thanks.
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Davey.

[Martin Gregorie]

... which contains absolutely no contact information - at least nothing
that I could find. Hence my suggestion to talk to the domain
registrar, who may (or not!) be helpful.

Of course, its also possible that the last developer has just left the
building, since the website says this has happened in the past.

[Andy Burns]

Martin Gregorie wrote:

> Andy Burns wrote:
>
>> Martin Gregorie wrote:
>>
>>> use 'Whois' to find who registered the mybb.com domain name
>>
>> The b0rked forum is unlikely to be at the mybb domain, that's just the
>> domain of the forum software being used.
>
> ... which contains absolutely no contact information - at least nothing
> that I could find.

But what domain are you trying to find contact info for?

I say again, I don't think the forum(s) that Davey is trying to access are are
at mybb.com

[Davey]

Wherever they are, they have acknowledged that there is a problem and
they are addressing it.
--
Davey.

[Davey]

And they have fixed it. All is good
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Davey.