Site Error?

HShockeywatcher · Post by **HShockeywatcher** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 2:26 pm

I'm assuming I'm not alone in this as it has happened to me on a handful of computers and in multiple states. There is often an error messages that comes up when trying to access the hockey forums site:

"phpBB : Critical Error

Could not connect to the database"

I'm just curious what this is and if there is anything a person can do to help fix it or if it's a network/website thing?

Thanks

MNHockey75 · Post by **MNHockey75** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 2:29 pm

You're not the only one experiencing difficulties.

TTpuckster · Post by **TTpuckster** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 2:36 pm

Happens to me every day.

Karl, Mitch, do you know what is going on?

Post by **karl(east)** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 3:11 pm

I get this too, and (as far as I know) it's beyond my power to fix. A google search tells me it has to do with the configuration of the site, so it probably requires contacting someone at phpBB.

Feel free to jump in if you know more...I will not pretend to know much about the inner workings of computers and/or the internet.

DMan-dad · Post by **DMan-dad** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 3:28 pm

phpBB is the name of the underlying software that keeps track of all the threads and messages. The error is caused by the server being too busy or too slow to access or provide the messages requested. This is a problem with the hosting company, which is called Northern Webworks - their servers are probably underpowered. And according to their website, www.northernweb.net, looks like they are having problems with their phone lines too.

Goldfishdude · Post by **Goldfishdude** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 4:00 pm

............ and all those times it happens, I keep thinking I finally got banned.....

wblhockeyfan8 · Post by **wblhockeyfan8** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 8:17 pm

This happened for like a week last year too!

Teak · Post by **Teak** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 9:41 pm

Goldfishdude wrote:............ and all those times it happens, I keep thinking I finally got banned.....

Nope. You're going to have to try harder....

elliott70 · Post by **elliott70** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 12:59 pm

When it happens to me - I go to Lee's MinnHock site and use the link to the main menu an dthen to here.
Have not had a problem going that route.

Goldfishdude · Post by **Goldfishdude** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 1:15 pm

Teak wrote:
Goldfishdude wrote:............ and all those times it happens, I keep thinking I finally got banned.....
Nope. You're going to have to try harder....

Yeah.... go figure... I will have to start making things up - again...

Post by **east hockey** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 1:31 pm

elliott70 wrote:When it happens to me - I go to Lee's MinnHock site and use the link to the main menu an dthen to here.
Have not had a problem going that route.

Interesting...I had not tried that.

Lee

Post by **Mitch Hawker** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 1:54 pm

I added a poll to this thread and sent a note to Northern Webworks.

Hopefully, this can be eliminated, or at least improved.

DMom · Post by **DMom** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 2:01 pm

Hmm, I thought it was gremlins or gnomes

Post by **Mitch Hawker** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 8:26 pm

Bill at Northern Webworks made a change that he hopes will help.

We'll keep this topic open so that people can let us know whether they see an improvement or not.

MNHockeyFan · Post by **MNHockeyFan** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 9:05 pm

Mitch Hawker wrote:Bill at Northern Webworks made a change that he hopes will help.

We'll keep this topic open so that people can let us know whether they see an improvement or not.

So far, no critical error messages since Bill made the change. Another improvement is that I am now getting the "View newest post" (the little yellow icon) to clear after viewing the latest unread post. For the last week or more these boxes were not clearing even though I was caught up on a thread.

DMom · Post by **DMom** » Thu Dec 30, 2010 10:37 am

I've received that error three times today and it isn't even noon, maybe I should head into work after all.

starmvp · Post by **starmvp** » Thu Dec 30, 2010 10:44 am

Happened to me several times this morning....

woodley · Post by **woodley** » Thu Dec 30, 2010 11:14 am

Ditto to DMom and StarMVP

Post by **east hockey** » Thu Dec 30, 2010 1:56 pm

Better last night, much worse today.

Lee

StillAnEagle · Post by **StillAnEagle** » Thu Dec 30, 2010 2:04 pm

I remember getting this a ton during the whole Kyle Rau staying/going/staying saga.

Goldfishdude · Post by **Goldfishdude** » Thu Dec 30, 2010 2:10 pm

StillAnEagle wrote:I remember getting this a ton during the whole Kyle Rau staying/going/staying saga.

Huh!! Strange that this error message would always appear right as I was ready to post one of my stellar game-score predictions..

I find that if I hit the refresh button, more times than not, it will open the page after a few clicks.

goaliewithfoggedglasses · Mon Jan 03, 2011 12:32 pm

Happens constantly.

standout4thlinejver · Mon Jan 03, 2011 12:38 pm

Every day!

old goalie85 · Post by **old goalie85** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 1:03 pm

I just got it..

PuckU126 · Post by **PuckU126** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 1:14 pm

The critical error post happened last week for about two days straight. Since then I have not had a single problem.

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