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    Forum upgrade today/tomorrow

    No, not to Vb4. Not yet anyway.

    It's time to make the forums UTF-8 compatible so all the severs are speaking the same charset. So today I'm doing some server upgrades and then later today, or tomorrow, I'm taking the forum down to upgrade the database to UTF-8.

    Huzzah.

    Aside from some downtime, nothing should change functionally.
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    Re: Forum upgrade today/tomorrow

    Fab - that'll sort the random character encoding we're seeing then

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    Re: Forum upgrade today/tomorrow

    Yes it will, as well as give me a chance to make sure the SQL server is running optimally.
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    Re: Forum upgrade today/tomorrow

    Which is always good to do.

    Forum Healthcheck ahoy!

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    Re: Forum upgrade today/tomorrow

    Sweet, good luck!
    My only concern is should I hide my true identity? A costume maybe?

    0iD: Plus weeing in it every now & again does it good
    scaryjim: 10" is just a little large to hold comfortably in one hand, which makes it a lot harder to tap, swipe and generally interact with.

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    Re: Forum upgrade today/tomorrow

    Won't somebody please think of the posters?!

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    Re: Forum upgrade today/tomorrow

    UTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFSS always reminds me of the sound people make when trying to make things UTF-8 compliant.

    Good luck
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    And by trying to force me to like small pants, they've alienated me.

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    Re: Forum upgrade today/tomorrow

    Sounds like a ‘™ing great plan!

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    Re: Forum upgrade today/tomorrow

    Ooooh, how long have you been able to remove your thanks?
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    Re: Forum upgrade today/tomorrow

    Since yesterday
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    Re: Forum upgrade today/tomorrow

    What will i do in my spare time now
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    CAT-THE-FIFTH: "The Antec 300 is a case which has an understated and clean appearance which many people like. Not everyone is into e-peen looking computers which look like a cross between the imagination of a hyperactive 10 year old and a Frog."
    TKPeters: "Off to AVForum better Deal - £20+Vat for Free Shipping @ Scan"
    for all intents it seems to be the same card minus some gays name on it and a shielded cover ? with OEM added to it - GoNz0.

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    Re: Forum upgrade today/tomorrow

    is this why Moby-Dick's profile is missing?
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    Re: Forum upgrade today/tomorrow

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    Re: Forum upgrade today/tomorrow

    are u still testing things out here ?? I just has a database error show up on any page access.

    Its OK now
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    Re: Forum upgrade today/tomorrow

    Quote Originally Posted by Jay View Post
    is this why Moby-Dick's profile is missing?
    I don't know, quite possibly. The updated cache engine has a bug in it (typical) so something might have nobbled his profile. I'll see if I can fix it when I'm done
    Quote Originally Posted by g8ina View Post
    are u still testing things out here ?? I just has a database error show up on any page access.

    Its OK now
    Yes, that was me reinstalling the the mysql server.

    Now, the actual forum maintenance can begin. Well... in half an hour or so.
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