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Re: Error running compactor for private messages in 2.7.1 [message #27976 is a reply to message #27974]

Mon, 03 October 2005 19:27

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yes, the problem was finally fixed by this patch:
http://cvs.prohost.org/c/index.cgi/FUDforum/getfile/install/www_root/adm/co mpact.php?v=1.59

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Re: Error running compactor for private messages in 2.7.1 [message #27978 is a reply to message #27976]

Mon, 03 October 2005 21:14

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WOW! Are you gonna tell me now that all my messages are lost too? As I went from having a sizable directory of message files

total 12
-rw-r--r-- 1 nobody nogroup 430 Oct 3 20:18 msg_350000
-rw-r--r-- 1 nobody nogroup 185 Oct 3 18:35 msg_450000
-rw-rw-rw- 1 nobody nogroup 1394 Oct 3 19:30 private
-rw-r--r-- 1 nobody nogroup 0 Oct 3 18:17 private_tmp

to this?

someone just informed me that all message bodies are gone and I discovered this.

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Re: Error running compactor for private messages in 2.7.1 [message #27983 is a reply to message #27978]

Tue, 04 October 2005 09:02

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The message bodies are stored inside the msg_* files, if those files don't have the data, you don't have the message bodies.

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Re: Error running compactor for private messages in 2.7.1 [message #27992 is a reply to message #27983]

Tue, 04 October 2005 10:14

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So you are telling me that 2.7.3RC1 killed our messages. I need to make sure what I am telling the community at this point.

What is that patch supposed to do for me? Do I still need it?

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Re: Error running compactor for private messages in 2.7.1 [message #27993 is a reply to message #27992]

Tue, 04 October 2005 11:11

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The goal of the patch is to fix the problem so that it does not happen again if you run the compactor. Normally running the compactor is not necessary, this tool is only necessary in the event you are short on disk space and have in the past deleted large number of messages. In that case the compactor is able to reclaim some space, by removing the "empty" spots left in the msg files.

Ideally at this point you could go back to the backups of the forum, if you don't have those, then I'm afraid the message bodies are gone.

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Re: Error running compactor for private messages in 2.7.1 [message #28057 is a reply to message #27250]

Sun, 09 October 2005 19:13

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You cant blame me. I dont trust the release notes. Is this fixed in 2.7.3RC2?

I found an old hard drive from 2 months ago. we lost 1099 messages, 130 topics, 23 registered users

I just want to make sure that this bug is fixed in 2.7.3RC2

TIA

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Re: Error running compactor for private messages in 2.7.1 [message #28073 is a reply to message #28057]

Mon, 10 October 2005 10:58

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Yes, it is fixed.

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Re: Error running compactor for private messages in 2.7.1 [message #28087 is a reply to message #28073]

Mon, 10 October 2005 14:09

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Re: Error running compactor for private messages in 2.7.1 [message #28438 is a reply to message #27250]

Mon, 24 October 2005 17:14

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Accepting that all my messages are gone, what is the best way to clear out a forum of it's bodyless messages?

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Re: Error running compactor for private messages in 2.7.1 [message #28452 is a reply to message #28438]

Tue, 25 October 2005 10:28

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konkers wrote on Mon, 24 October 2005 17:14

Accepting that all my messages are gone, what is the best way to clear out a forum of it's bodyless messages?

Delete records from the message table and run the consistency checker.

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Re: Error running compactor for private messages in 2.7.1 [message #28454 is a reply to message #28447]

Tue, 25 October 2005 10:52

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Do you have any files inside the messages/ directory?

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Re: Error running compactor for private messages in 2.7.1 [message #28458 is a reply to message #28456]

Tue, 25 October 2005 11:17

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private directory?! That should not be there, that should be a filename not directory name. That would explain why you were getting compacting errors on private messages.

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