We have some lingering database problems following the migration from the old forum. There are 3 problems, all due to a bug in the code that handled the import from the old database.
1 - All of the initial posts in topics which had been archived in the old forum came across with a null in the userid field. The username was correct, but it did not show up as a link to the member profile in those posts. This was a pretty small problem and it's fixed.
2 - All 270,000+ replies to posts which had been archived did not come over in the import. This is a serious problem. The first post of those topics are there, but the replies did not get imported and attached. That's why some of you can't find old posts you are sure exist.
To see this problem in action, search on "Vacuum Stabilizing" then go to the last page of threads. You'll see a bunch with zero replies. The first post is there, but the replies are not.
The old posts are of course still in the old database tables, and I'm working hard to develop a smooth way to bring them over. This is not a trivial thing to accomplish, but it's very important to me to get it done. It may take me a week or two.
3 - There are about 300,000 duplicate posts in the database. You have probably all seen this, and we have been trying to manually clean it up. Some threads have thousands of duplicates. Because there are so many, I need to come up with an automated way to do this, and I'm working on that as part of the whole solution.
I was not aware of the magnitude of either problem because I had only gotten spotty reports of trouble. The sneaky thing about it is that the number of missing posts is roughly equal to the number of duplicated posts (but they are separate problems...) so the gross count looked reasonable all along. Once I started digging into this, I realized how large both problems are. Our indicated post count now is about 454,000 and the actual number should be closer to 420,000.
I'll get this solved and we'll be back to normal. There is no effect at all on new posts, this is all stuff generally over a year old. Once this is all done, I'm going to need to regenerate everyone's post count. Yours may go up or down, but it will eventually reflect the correct number of posts you've made.
Sorry for any inconvenience. Again, thanks to DCBluesman for seeding my brain with enough evidence so I could track down this problem.
1 - All of the initial posts in topics which had been archived in the old forum came across with a null in the userid field. The username was correct, but it did not show up as a link to the member profile in those posts. This was a pretty small problem and it's fixed.
2 - All 270,000+ replies to posts which had been archived did not come over in the import. This is a serious problem. The first post of those topics are there, but the replies did not get imported and attached. That's why some of you can't find old posts you are sure exist.
To see this problem in action, search on "Vacuum Stabilizing" then go to the last page of threads. You'll see a bunch with zero replies. The first post is there, but the replies are not.
The old posts are of course still in the old database tables, and I'm working hard to develop a smooth way to bring them over. This is not a trivial thing to accomplish, but it's very important to me to get it done. It may take me a week or two.
3 - There are about 300,000 duplicate posts in the database. You have probably all seen this, and we have been trying to manually clean it up. Some threads have thousands of duplicates. Because there are so many, I need to come up with an automated way to do this, and I'm working on that as part of the whole solution.
I was not aware of the magnitude of either problem because I had only gotten spotty reports of trouble. The sneaky thing about it is that the number of missing posts is roughly equal to the number of duplicated posts (but they are separate problems...) so the gross count looked reasonable all along. Once I started digging into this, I realized how large both problems are. Our indicated post count now is about 454,000 and the actual number should be closer to 420,000.
I'll get this solved and we'll be back to normal. There is no effect at all on new posts, this is all stuff generally over a year old. Once this is all done, I'm going to need to regenerate everyone's post count. Yours may go up or down, but it will eventually reflect the correct number of posts you've made.
Sorry for any inconvenience. Again, thanks to DCBluesman for seeding my brain with enough evidence so I could track down this problem.
