1 Topic by ondmis (edited by ondmis 2008-04-08 14:20)

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Topic: Unable to fetch category/forum list

Hi good people!

I seem to have run into a bit of trouble with my forum, from time to time, the forum stops working and displays the error message that it is "Unable to fetch category/forum list". I can't seem to find out how to fix it, and my webhost says it cannot help me/there is nothing wrong with the webhost... So I turn to you guys, I enabbled DEBUG mode and got this error message:

File: D:\www1\ondmis.dk\www\punbb\index.php
Line: 42

PunBB reported: Unable to fetch category/forum list

Database reported: Can't create/write to file 'C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\#sql_550_0.MYD' (Errcode: 17) (Errno: 1)

After some time, the forum starts working again as if nothing was wrong, but the error message returns again later.

I hope someone can help me smile

2 Reply by yemgi

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Re: Unable to fetch category/forum list

It is not a PunBB problem, it has something to do with your MySQL server. You should try to repair the tables from phpMyAdmin or talk to your host

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Re: Unable to fetch category/forum list

Thank you for your reply, yemgi!
I have tried to contact my host, but they argue that nothing is wrong on their behalf.

Could you perhaps be a bit more specific as to what course of action I am to take. I am a noob. smile

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Re: Unable to fetch category/forum list

Google is your friend - search on "mysql Errcode: 17" and point your [idiot] host towards the first two results from bugs.mysql.com - eg http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=9551.

It's not likely to be anything to do with you, but everything to do with how your host has setup MySQL and the rest of the server too.

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Re: Unable to fetch category/forum list

When you open phpMyadmin, , click on your database name in the left menu, it should siplay a list of the tables in the right frame.
At the bottom of the list, click on Check All then select Repair table in the dropdown list.

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Re: Unable to fetch category/forum list

Tried the Repair Tables fix, it didn't work hmm

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Re: Unable to fetch category/forum list

Get a better host. They're running off what looks like a home computer and obviously they don't know what they're doing.