Question for eva2000..

[SubZero]

You think there is a limitation to the maximum thread length with vbulletin 2.3??? A rather BIIIIGGG thread seems to have dissapeared from the 'other' forum... ;)

Before the members lynch us for making it dissapear I wanted to check the other possibilities first! :p

[eva2000]

huh?

max posts/replies in a thread ? i've seen 250,000+ replies/posts in a thread before .. vB can handle it, it's whether the server loading such a thread can handle it

[pointreyes]

What about number of characters/bytes?

[eva2000]

Originally posted by pointreyes
What about number of characters? per post or thread ? per post is controlled by vB admin settings - whatever the admins want to set :)

[SubZero]

Yeah... I'm thinking server side too.. I seem to notice it being a little wacky lately...

So basicly there is no hardcoded limitation in vb.. only the physical limitations of the server and MySQL right?

;)

ps... 250,000+ posts in 1 thread... !!! :eek:


Originally posted by eva2000
huh?

max posts/replies in a thread ? i've seen 250,000+ replies/posts in a thread before .. vB can handle it, it's whether the server loading such a thread can handle it

[eva2000]

Originally posted by SubZero
Yeah... I'm thinking server side too.. I seem to notice it being a little wacky lately...

So basicly there is no hardcoded limitation in vb.. only the physical limitations of the server and MySQL right?

;) yup..

[SubZero]

I have another question. Are the stats (postcounts, thread count, etc..) stored in the database or are the calculated on the fly?

Just puzzles me that a very big thread and that thread alone has disapeared and it didn't affect the postcounts of people and also the page that displays the amount of posts of all the thread participants is still there.. :rolleyes:

;)

[eva2000]

Originally posted by SubZero
I have another question. Are the stats (postcounts, thread count, etc..) stored in the database or are the calculated on the fly?

Just puzzles me that a very big thread and that thread alone has disapeared and it didn't affect the postcounts of people and also the page that displays the amount of posts of all the thread participants is still there.. :rolleyes:

;) all of it's stored in the database, vB 2.3.0 post and thread counts /views are calculated on the fly and inserted into the database, vB 3.x admins can choose to defer or schedule these calculations like a cronjob, to lessen server loads

postcounts are in the user table separate from thread and post tables.. you'll find if that long thread was deleted, then if admin updates/refreshes the user post count and forum info counters in vB admin, then the users post counts will change to reflect this

[SubZero]

Thanks! I figured it would work this way... ;)

Still don't know what happened and I guess we will never know.