Omg

[Xenophon]

I give you +7 ATW Silence Points, you can redeem them at any time - so far nobody did

[DaveB]

Server just went out for over a minute. Odd really if TPD is the problem

Yup.

 Database error 
The database has encountered a problem. 

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Open the forums.contractoruk.com home page, then try to open another page. 
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We apologise for any inconvenience.

First time it's ever happened to me ( that I can remember )

[voodooflux]

Has been fine for me since closing the thread. A lot faster. And no mails despite the fact people have been viewing the thread. Is it simply viewing threads or replying that seems to take a time to complete?

It just took me more than 30 seconds to post something in the "new" TPD thread, and an edit on that same post took even longer to commit.

[TheFaQQer]

Has been fine for me since closing the thread. A lot faster. And no mails despite the fact people have been viewing the thread. Is it simply viewing threads or replying that seems to take a time to complete?

Well, you should have one now, after my latest database error.

HTH.

[TimberWolf]

Too early to say really. I only intermittently had delays before and those were mostly clustered around the same period, and I have had a delay since TPD was harpooned and its corpse laid to rot in the shallows that form light relief, like a whale carcass marooned on a small secluded beach that might explode any time with drivel flying everywhere. I tried poking it with a long stick and it just let out a frating noise and quivered.

[chef]

i've not had any issues in loading, replying, posting or viewing at all before or after tpd was closed. maybe its my efficient german network

[voodooflux]

...since TPD was harpooned and its corpse laid to rot in the shallows that form light relief, like a whale carcass marooned on a small secluded beach that might explode any time with drivel flying everywhere. I tried poking it with a long stick and it just let out a frating noise and quivered.

Try some dynamite. From a distance.