Wrong picture links?

sithspawn · June 25th, 2002

I was reading the "Perpetual desktop" thread the other day and found some good pictures there. But as I browse further, the supposedly desktop pictures were displayed as screenshots (which is kind of out of place). And as I went further, all the pictures turned into screenshots (like Zelda, etc), but the posts led me to believe that the pictures are supposed to be something else. For example, there's a screenshot but the guy there said "nice picture of Tina Armstrong". I've also found this "phenomenon" on some other (long) threads with pictures in it. Are the links are somehow messed up? Thanks.

Strider · June 25th, 2002

hmm... so the pictures with "nice picture of Tina Armstrong" arent actually those pictures? If so then thats due to a little problem we had before which in the end resulted in misplaced pictures all over ngemu

Omega · June 25th, 2002

I'm sure that sithspawn have joined the com. after the changing server modification

**Bobbi** · June 25th, 2002

This happened when an error in the attachment table resetted the internal counter for the files to a lower number ... now what does this mean ?

Within the attachment table, every file (and therefor the screenshots) is supposed to get an unique number. Now the post gets just linked with that number, and the forum software then attachs the file/picture to the post directly. That is how it should work at least ...

Now in a crash, it happened that this counter got dropped by a quite high number. Now when someone posted a nice screenshot, the counter assigned it a number which was already in use. As the message board isn't able to attach two files to one post, it randomly took one of the two attachments (actually, it nearly almost took the newer one) and therefor had a high chance of displaying the wrong one.

The desktop thread, however, is quite old. The problem doesn't exist any more as the current counter for the attachments already surpased the old one again - I'm sorry for what happened back then, but we noticed way too late to fix this error again

zrepiV · June 25th, 2002

nothing's perfect i guess. at least the forums is still up and running ^_^ hey, it could be worse. i mean, this place could have been dead along time ago if it wasn't for bobbi and the rest of the people.

Strider · June 25th, 2002

you cant be expected to fix every problem 1-2-3 Bobbi, so dont worry bout it, besides, it was sometimes hilarious when you see a thread "heres a picture of me" and theres a need for speed picture of a car up there

June 25th, 2002	#1 (permalink)
sithspawn The Spawn of Sith Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: In a galaxy far, far away ... Posts: 183	Wrong picture links? I was reading the "Perpetual desktop" thread the other day and found some good pictures there. But as I browse further, the supposedly desktop pictures were displayed as screenshots (which is kind of out of place). And as I went further, all the pictures turned into screenshots (like Zelda, etc), but the posts led me to believe that the pictures are supposed to be something else. For example, there's a screenshot but the guy there said "nice picture of Tina Armstrong". I've also found this "phenomenon" on some other (long) threads with pictures in it. Are the links are somehow messed up? Thanks. __________________ "There is no try. There is do, or do not."

June 25th, 2002	#2 (permalink)
Strider Living Paradigm Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 10,224	hmm... so the pictures with "nice picture of Tina Armstrong" arent actually those pictures? If so then thats due to a little problem we had before which in the end resulted in misplaced pictures all over ngemu __________________ My Deviant Art

June 25th, 2002	#3 (permalink)
Omega User addicted to Diazepam Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: WIRED Posts: 4,732	I'm sure that sithspawn have joined the com. after the changing server modification __________________ .:[ This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time ]:. .:[ I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last]:.

June 25th, 2002	#4 (permalink)
Bobbi Administrator Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 2,030	This happened when an error in the attachment table resetted the internal counter for the files to a lower number ... now what does this mean ? Within the attachment table, every file (and therefor the screenshots) is supposed to get an unique number. Now the post gets just linked with that number, and the forum software then attachs the file/picture to the post directly. That is how it should work at least ... Now in a crash, it happened that this counter got dropped by a quite high number. Now when someone posted a nice screenshot, the counter assigned it a number which was already in use. As the message board isn't able to attach two files to one post, it randomly took one of the two attachments (actually, it nearly almost took the newer one) and therefor had a high chance of displaying the wrong one. The desktop thread, however, is quite old. The problem doesn't exist any more as the current counter for the attachments already surpased the old one again - I'm sorry for what happened back then, but we noticed way too late to fix this error again __________________ Specs: AMD Athlon 64 4000+ • 2048 MB PC400 RAM • Nvidia GeForce 7600 GT PCI-E • WinXP Pro

June 25th, 2002	#6 (permalink)
Strider Living Paradigm Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 10,224	you cant be expected to fix every problem 1-2-3 Bobbi, so dont worry bout it, besides, it was sometimes hilarious when you see a thread "heres a picture of me" and theres a need for speed picture of a car up there __________________ My Deviant Art

June 25th, 2002	#5 (permalink)
zrepiV Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: TDot Posts: 577	nothing's perfect i guess. at least the forums is still up and running ^_^ hey, it could be worse. i mean, this place could have been dead along time ago if it wasn't for bobbi and the rest of the people.

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