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Yesterday the mySQL database on this server crashed, so I apologize if any comments submitted have been lost. I didn't realize that was what happened, but... in case other people have this problem (since a Google search didn't turn up any clues) the error message I was getting was:

Building date-based archive 'Monthly20060201000000' failed: Build error in template 'Date-Based Archive': Error in MTEntries tag: Error in MTIfCommentsActive tag:

My mt_comments table in the mySQL datbase was what was marked as crashed, so I am assuming that had a different table crashed it would be reflected in the error message.

A simple check and repair of the database fixed the problem.

Posted by Michael Huang at 07:25 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Back in September, FlickrPhotosets, a MovableType plugin that allows Flickr photosets to be displayed on this webpage broke. Since I've been pretty busy in both October and November, I didn't have very much time to figure out the error, which simply read something like "HASH: error in [path]/FlickrPhotoset.pl line 123". Sometimes it'd get past the error but not render any images. After more examination, I looked at the code and fixed (what I believe to be) some minor problems. It's available for download in the Plugins area.

Special Thanks to parakkum for offering me a Red Bull, which obliterated the need to sleep while I was troubleshooting and testing the code. And now, I sleep.

Posted by Michael Huang at 07:57 PM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)