There's a thread down in the Writing section about sword duels. Whenever I try to post a reply there, I get this error message:

 

 

Server Error in '/' Application.

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Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.OverflowException: Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow.

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace:

[OverflowException: Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow.] Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.IntegerType.FromString(String Value) +109 dotNetBB.PublicBB.CheckFormPost() +638 dotNetBB.PublicBB.SetUserGUID() +168 dotNetBB.PublicBB.InitializeBase() +33 dotNetBB.Controls.GetPageHead.Render(HtmlTextWriter output) +36 System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter writer) +243 System.Web.UI.Control.RenderChildren(HtmlTextWriter writer) +72 System.Web.UI.Control.Render(HtmlTextWriter writer) +7 System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter writer) +243 System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain() +1926

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Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:1.1.4322.2407; ASP.NET Version:1.1.4322.2407 <!-- [OverflowException]: Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow. at Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.IntegerType.FromString(String Value) at dotNetBB.PublicBB.CheckFormPost() at dotNetBB.PublicBB.SetUserGUID() at dotNetBB.PublicBB.InitializeBase() at dotNetBB.Controls.GetPageHead.Render(HtmlTextWriter output) at System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter writer) at System.Web.UI.Control.RenderChildren(HtmlTextWriter writer) at System.Web.UI.Control.Render(HtmlTextWriter writer) at System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter writer) at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain() [HttpUnhandledException]: Exception of type System.Web.HttpUnhandledException was thrown. at System.Web.UI.Page.HandleError(Exception e) at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain() at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest() at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) at System.Web.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication+IExecutionStep.Execute() at System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) --><!-- This error page might contain sensitive information because ASP.NET is configured to show verbose error messages using <customErrors mode="Off"/>. Consider using <customErrors mode="On"/> or <customErrors mode="RemoteOnly"/> in production environments.-->

 

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This has never happened in any other thread, nor does anyone else seem to be having this trouble. Anyone got a clue?

 

~Beth

The Servant of the Manthycore from DEP

Illustrated by Rachel Marks, with an introduction by Michael Moorcock

"Without Napier" Every Day Fiction, April 9

"Night of Shadows, Night of Knives" Magic and Mechanica, Ricasso Press, Spring 2008

"To Destroy All Flesh" Return of the Sword, Flashing Swords Press, Spring 2008

"Only His Name" Every Day Fiction, March 30

"An Exorcism Straight, Hold the Elvis" They Are Not What They Seem, Janrae Frank, ed., TBA

"The First Trial of Jermaish the King" Flashing Swords #10, May 2008

"The Stars by Law Forbidden" Unparalleled Journeys II, Journey Books, 2007

"Six Zombies Doing That Mick Jagger Strut" Damned in Dixie, Tenoka Press, 2007

 

Weird, though.

 

~Beth

 

Obviously it hasn't given anyone else trouble. Do you suppose it's punishing me because I didn't take the poll?

 

~Beth

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But it was free!  I've never checked the recent post link at EDF. I subscribe to the forums I want to follow, and it e-mails me when someone posts in them. I do the same thing here. That's why it's rare for me to post in the Ask an Expert or Anything Goes forum. I'm not subscribed to those.

 

Anyways, I'd prefer if you let us know your concerns, Rick. We have almost all the code to the forums, so if something doesn't work, we can fix it.

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Jordan Lapp

Managing Editor

 

Dave,

 

If it's a real improvement, yes. But would we lose the history in the transfer?

 

And maybe this suggestion should be in its own thread. So more members will see it.

 

~Beth

 

 

A better live chat would be the bee's knees!

 

Imbedded images in threads would be awesome.

 

I already host my art elsewhere as I'm a member of some other art and literature forums, so pic-hosting wouldn't be a big deal for me. 

 

Drupal is the devil!

 

One of them is that if I copy and paste something from Word, signs like this >>> appear at the end of each paragraph. To get rid of them, I have to delete all of the spaces between paragraphs and restore them again.

 

Also, the word "lace" is occasionally added next to proper names (but seemingly at random).

 

As a result of these quirks, I usually have to go back and edit any posts which I've pasted text into - rather annoying, as it doesn't happen on any other forum I visit.

 

I've also found that if there's a poll and I just want to comment rather than vote, my reponse is thrown out - I found this out the hard way after composing a very long comment which was lost beyond recall (using the back button doesn't recover it in the way that happens on some forums).

 

Finally, I have to remember to click the "notify of reply postings" box every time; in most forums, you can set this as the default.

 

Overall, I would welcome moving to a better system, as long as it continues to support signatures, avatars and reply-posting email alerts. I don't, however, want to be bombarded with emails other than for threads I have contributed to, or for private messages.

 

 

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Tony Williams
Scales (2007), The Foresight War (2004)
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