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awdtrbo
"could not insert forum post" error

  • 2003/7/31 22:43

  • awdtrbo

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  • Since: 2003/7/31


help! One of my user is having this problem, she managed to post only once before this starts. She could send me PM though. BTW, she's using IE 6 on win 95. Have the cookies setting at the lowest possible. TIA.
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mvandam
Re: "could not insert forum post" error

  • 2003/7/31 22:45

  • mvandam

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  • Posts: 253

  • Since: 2003/2/7 2


Are other users having this problem? Sounds like it could be a database issue...
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brianhay
Re: "could not insert forum post" error

  • 2003/8/1 2:43

  • brianhay

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  • Since: 2003/7/19


I had this exact problem, even on the xoops.org forums (and also registering as a new member).

I emailed Onokazu and he(she?) correctly identified the problem as "my browser not sending out HTTP_REFERER ... because I am using firewall software" (ZoneAlarm in my case).

As soon as I deactivated ZoneAlarm I could post to the forums.

Regards,
Brian Hay.
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YourHelp
Re: "could not insert forum post" error

  • 2003/8/1 4:23

  • YourHelp

  • Friend of XOOPS

  • Posts: 479

  • Since: 2003/6/9 6


This is your internet security causing this problem.

*Zone
*Norton

are just some of them.. below is how to configure your norton so it will accept you posting on the forums and you wont have to turn your security off compleatly.

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Hope this helps

THIS IS NOT A DATABASE ISSUE .. just change your security settings. If you need anymore help with this drop me an email nathan@ultima7.com and ill help you through it

Kindest Regards
Nathan
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IncommingForce
Re: "could not insert forum post" error

Jeee wizzz, give this boy a cookie!

The first real helpful post by him!

Good one YourHelp!
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mvandam
Re: "could not insert forum post" error

  • 2003/8/1 9:02

  • mvandam

  • Quite a regular

  • Posts: 253

  • Since: 2003/2/7 2


Yep, you guys are correct.

For anyone who's interested in the details... the "could not insert forum post" arises when there is a database error. One common cause of a database error is not having a connection... but this would cause other things to fail. The other common reason is this HTTP_REFERER check. As a security precaution, whenever you submit a form, XOOPS checks whether the HTTP_REFERER is the same site, and if so, allows update/insert/etc... database privileges. If the referer is not present or different (often due to a firewall), then the database is given only permissions to do 'SELECT' queries. Any other query results in a DB error, and hence the error message.

Thanks for the correction.
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awdtrbo
Re: "could not insert forum post" error

  • 2003/8/1 17:02

  • awdtrbo

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  • Since: 2003/7/31


thank you all.
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YourHelp
Re: "could not insert forum post" error

  • 2003/8/2 3:51

  • YourHelp

  • Friend of XOOPS

  • Posts: 479

  • Since: 2003/6/9 6


Your Welcome
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David_Topping
Re: "could not insert forum post" error

This problem JUST surfaced yesterday, and NOBODY has been able to post in the forums; it's not a firewall issue for me. :(

How can I fix this? The database seems to be fine otherwise, I just submitted a news article.
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onokazu
Re: "could not insert forum post" error

  • 2003/9/10 12:04

  • onokazu

  • XOOPS Founder

  • Posts: 617

  • Since: 2001/12/13


Quote:

David_Topping wrote:
This problem JUST surfaced yesterday, and NOBODY has been able to post in the forums; it's not a firewall issue for me. :(

How can I fix this? The database seems to be fine otherwise, I just submitted a news article.


It may be that one of the forums table is corrupt. Try MySQL debug and find out which table is having the problem. After that, issue the following SQL from phMyAdmin to fix the table

REPAIR TABLE table_name_here;
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