Re: Strange intermittent WebDNA problems
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2008
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numero = 70098
interpreted = N
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 v6.1 Regards Stuart Tremain IDFK Web Developments AUSTRALIA webdna@idfk.com.au On 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 v6.1 Regards Stuart Tremain IDFK Web Developments AUSTRALIA webdna@idfk.com.au On 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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