Re: Strange intermittent WebDNA problems
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texte = I DID have a problem that recently stopped (before the end of Daylight Savings) it was on a w2k server that is a bit of a mess. I have a program to rebuild it shortly. I didn't think too much of it, WebDNA would stop a few times a week about 7:30 sunday morning was a favourite. I could never find a cause for the problem but I didn't look too hard as I suspected that the server itself was a bit dodgy, hence the planned rebuild (which has now been put off).One thing has changed for me though - I have moved one site off the machine, however that site had been on there for years (about 1k visitors per day) without a problem and the server itself is not under a big load.Anyway, it is no longer a problem for me, it went away as mysteriously as it started ???????WebDNA v6.1RegardsStuart TremainIDFK Web DevelopmentsAUSTRALIAwebdna@idfk.com.auOn 10/04/2008, at 1:53 PM, Dana Keil wrote:>> On Apr 9, 2008, at 11:26 AM, Alex McCombie wrote:>> Lol Bob. Not suggesting a conspiracy. Just pointing out that multiple>> servers that have run forever without a glitch seem to be effected >> and some>> at about or damn near the same time.>>>> I am having a similar issue but my OSX server is Webstar.>>>> Boy can I pick em or what! :-)>>>> Now that Alex has spoken up to say he's running WebSTAR, I don't > feel so shy. :-)>> I started having the "strange" problem a while ago too. I think the > first instance was Mar. 14th at 7:16 AM Pacific Daylight Time (and > I'm still wondering if the change to daylight time has something to > do with it -- oh, I've neglected to check on the reports so far, do > we have Australians with the problem?). Things just periodically > stop working, manifested mainly by empty order files getting "stuck" > in the Orders folder. It seems like the CPU usage of WebCatalog was > high once, but lately I think I've been catching it before it goes > up very much. I've tried removing the empty order files and that > doesn't seem to fix things, I end up rebooting and then things work > okay again. I once or twice saw the "can't open order file" error > message, and have also seen error messages that I think happen > because the WebDelivery folder gets swept by a trigger before the > order ever gets processed. Besides the orders not working, I think > there are other things that begin to go south, but it's hard to tell > much from the log files and ErrorLog.>> Software Update was last run on Mar 7, but I believe there are > reports from non-Macintosh servers, so that's probably not a likely > source of the problem.>> Here are my vitals:> * [version] and [platform]>> unix-Macintosh OS X WebSTAR V Plug-in version 5.1c on OSX 10.4.11 on > a PowerPC G4>> * Database size (MB)>> The largest are Orders.db and Lineitems.db, but they were actually > reduced in size significantly before the problems started. There are > numerous other databases, but none that have more than about 5000 > records.>> store/WebMerchant/Orders.db> 16666 records, using 13,583K of RAM> 90 fields>>> store/WebMerchant/LineItems.db> 24168 records, using 3,163K of RAM> 12 fields>> * Load ("heavy" being transactions per seconds or something)>> Load is moderate to light.>> * Is safe-write on or not?>> Safe-write is on.>> * Are you finding mal-formed record sets when looking at the .db?>> Haven't seen any.>> * Does this database interrelate with other .db's?>> Can't identify one database as a specific problem. The problem seems > to be with running orders, so I guess that means Orders.db and > LineItems.db, not sure what to say about interrelating with other > db's.>> * Do you find any difference of using [exclusivelock..] as apposed> to not using it?>> Haven't experimented with that.>> * Are you sure that the /etc/init.d/WebCatalogCtl is started?> (seeing two WebCatalog proccesses when doing "top -u apache">> Two processes are running. WebCatalog doesn't seem to stop running, > it just begins to fail in processing orders.>> * Are you doing any encrypting values to the database!?> No.>> * what date did the problem start?>> Looks like March 14th was the first time.>> --> Dana>>> -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list
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I DID have a problem that recently stopped (before the end of Daylight Savings) it was on a w2k server that is a bit of a mess. I have a program to rebuild it shortly. I didn't think too much of it, WebDNA would stop a few times a week about 7:30 sunday morning was a favourite. I could never find a cause for the problem but I didn't look too hard as I suspected that the server itself was a bit dodgy, hence the planned rebuild (which has now been put off).One thing has changed for me though - I have moved one site off the machine, however that site had been on there for years (about 1k visitors per day) without a problem and the server itself is not under a big load.Anyway, it is no longer a problem for me, it went away as mysteriously as it started ???????WebDNA v6.1RegardsStuart TremainIDFK Web DevelopmentsAUSTRALIAwebdna@idfk.com.auOn 10/04/2008, at 1:53 PM, Dana Keil wrote:>> On Apr 9, 2008, at 11:26 AM, Alex McCombie wrote:>> Lol Bob. Not suggesting a conspiracy. Just pointing out that multiple>> servers that have run forever without a glitch seem to be effected >> and some>> at about or damn near the same time.>>>> I am having a similar issue but my OSX server is Webstar.>>>> Boy can I pick em or what! :-)>>>> Now that Alex has spoken up to say he's running WebSTAR, I don't > feel so shy. :-)>> I started having the "strange" problem a while ago too. I think the > first instance was Mar. 14th at 7:16 AM Pacific Daylight Time (and > I'm still wondering if the change to daylight time has something to > do with it -- oh, I've neglected to check on the reports so far, do > we have Australians with the problem?). Things just periodically > stop working, manifested mainly by empty order files getting "stuck" > in the Orders folder. It seems like the CPU usage of WebCatalog was > high once, but lately I think I've been catching it before it goes > up very much. I've tried removing the empty order files and that > doesn't seem to fix things, I end up rebooting and then things work > okay again. I once or twice saw the "can't open order file" error > message, and have also seen error messages that I think happen > because the WebDelivery folder gets swept by a trigger before the > order ever gets processed. Besides the orders not working, I think > there are other things that begin to go south, but it's hard to tell > much from the log files and ErrorLog.>> Software Update was last run on Mar 7, but I believe there are > reports from non-Macintosh servers, so that's probably not a likely > source of the problem.>> Here are my vitals:> * [version] and [platform]>> unix-Macintosh OS X WebSTAR V Plug-in version 5.1c on OSX 10.4.11 on > a PowerPC G4>> * Database size (MB)>> The largest are Orders.db and Lineitems.db, but they were actually > reduced in size significantly before the problems started. There are > numerous other databases, but none that have more than about 5000 > records.>> store/WebMerchant/Orders.db> 16666 records, using 13,583K of RAM> 90 fields>>> store/WebMerchant/LineItems.db> 24168 records, using 3,163K of RAM> 12 fields>> * Load ("heavy" being transactions per seconds or something)>> Load is moderate to light.>> * Is safe-write on or not?>> Safe-write is on.>> * Are you finding mal-formed record sets when looking at the .db?>> Haven't seen any.>> * Does this database interrelate with other .db's?>> Can't identify one database as a specific problem. The problem seems > to be with running orders, so I guess that means Orders.db and > LineItems.db, not sure what to say about interrelating with other > db's.>> * Do you find any difference of using [exclusivelock..] as apposed> to not using it?>> Haven't experimented with that.>> * Are you sure that the /etc/init.d/WebCatalogCtl is started?> (seeing two WebCatalog proccesses when doing "top -u apache">> Two processes are running. WebCatalog doesn't seem to stop running, > it just begins to fail in processing orders.>> * Are you doing any encrypting values to the database!?> No.>> * what date did the problem start?>> Looks like March 14th was the first time.>> --> Dana>>> -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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