Tech: Posts listed out of sequence in threads

Subject: Tech: Posts listed out of sequence in threads
From: Genie
Date: 11 Jul 05 - 12:40 PM

I've just noticed that in some threads the list of posts at the top of the thread has a lot of the posts out of sequence. E.g. this one:
this thread.

(I first noticed it in the thread about Jimmy Davis and "Sunshine.")

Not only is the list out of sequence, but the posts themselves sometimes appear out of chronological order, as in the "Sunshine" thread. A post made in July will appear after one made in August of the same year, followed by one from earlier in July, and then one from October, etc. (This can make the 'conversation' very difficult to follow!)

Is this just a tech glitch, or is there some "preferences" setting or something like that that I'm missing?

Genie

Subject: RE: Tech: Posts listed out of sequence in threads
From: GUEST,Jon
Date: 11 Jul 05 - 12:43 PM

It was the result of a corrupt database. I believe the problem is being worked on.

Subject: RE: Tech: Posts listed out of sequence in threads
From: Allan C.
Date: 11 Jul 05 - 12:47 PM

It isn't you, Genie. This problem emerged during one of the Mudcrashes. I'm certain Max is aware of it; but has not yet figured out how to correct this and a few other problems that arose at about that same time, (such as double photos and double birthday announcements on the Members Photo & Info pages.

Subject: RE: Tech: Posts listed out of sequence in threads
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 11 Jul 05 - 06:28 PM

Crudely observed, in threads where posts are out of sequence, the "first post" usually seems to appear at about the 6th to 8th position or so. This may be helpful when you need to sort things out, although I haven't run any statistics on it to determine whether it's always that way.

If you really need to figure out a long thread, you can copy the list at the top, paste into Word as "unformatted" (Edit | Paste Special | unformatted text), and sort the list on the date/time columns; but that gets tedious unless it really matters. You have to do a bit of "dressing up" of the pasted text to separate the columns for sorting.

In longer threads, there appear to be some places where "out of order" posts sort of "cluster," but I haven't tried to see if there's a general rule for where it happens.

John

Subject: RE: Tech: Posts listed out of sequence in threads
From: JudyB
Date: 12 Jul 05 - 12:12 PM

I expect it's a bit of a challenge to figure out how to resort the threads and all their internal links while we keep adding new posts at the bottom!
   JudyB

Subject: RE: Tech: Posts listed out of sequence in threads
From: wysiwyg
Date: 12 Jul 05 - 12:18 PM

I edit the Spirituals Permathread. When site admins tell me the hiccups are over, I'll re-organize whatever needs attention, but till then I don't want to edit/tamper with any of the posts in this thread. I would hope most of us are following that approach?

Joe Offer, 'zat right?

~Susan

Subject: RE: Tech: Posts listed out of sequence in threads
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 12 Jul 05 - 02:41 PM

The Mother of All BS has been scrambled since the crash. Some would protest that it has always been a mess, but in the best style of William Burroughs, we like it like that!

SRS