I have to log in almost every time I visit here, even when I have 'Log me in automatically' checked. I'm pretty certain it's not a problem on my end, all my other bookmarks (webmail, etc) keep my login active just fine, it's just the SF forums. Also, sometimes (quite often, actually) it takes almost a minute for the page to come up, and this is usually when my login problem happens.
Märk wrote:I have to log in almost every time I visit here, even when I have 'Log me in automatically' checked. I'm pretty certain it's not a problem on my end, all my other bookmarks (webmail, etc) keep my login active just fine, it's just the SF forums. Also, sometimes (quite often, actually) it takes almost a minute for the page to come up, and this is usually when my login problem happens.
Most likely a database server issue, if anything. Do you subscribe to dreamhoststatus.com? I highly recommend that you do. They have custom feeds for the news which impacts just you (which you can get from your panel).
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Yeah, it's been happening intermittently. I have a very strong suspicion that the database server is unhappy. There might be something simple to speed things up, like fixing some of the indexes or something.
Oh, jeeze, all the tables are in MyISAM format. No freaking wonder.
[edit] Oh, Google says that maybe MyISAM is better for phpBB. I'll look into it more before I do anything foolish. Meanwhile I went ahead and optimized the tables, which may help for now.
Yeah, I converted the database to use InnoDB (which is supposed to be better for highly-concurrent web apps like forums) and it seems a lot more responsive now. I think the phpBB people who say MyISAM (which is optimized for apps without a lot of concurrent reading and writing) is better are full of shit.