franklyn
International Hazard
Posts: 3026
Registered: 30-5-2006
Location: Da Big Apple
Member Is Offline
Mood: No Mood
|
|
Cannot Post link info
After spending near a half hour attempting to post a link here _
http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=9218&a...
to download Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards
I had to give up. The link will not parse in any way and is in some
way altered even as text so that when it is copied this does not
access and return the pdf file from the source. I even attempted
to upload a txt file containing the link text, and the server returns
the following error _
" MySQL has encountered an unknown error. To find out the exact
problem, please set the DEBUG flag to true in config.php."
The post I make does appear but without the attachment.
I have yet to try excorcism but need to read up on necromancy first
.
|
|
not_important
International Hazard
Posts: 3873
Registered: 21-7-2006
Member Is Offline
Mood: No Mood
|
|
Known problem with URLs with punctuation in them, it gets munged by the PHP and SQL processing.
The work-around is to use something like tinyURL to create a clean URL for posting.
|
|
a_bab
Hazard to Others
Posts: 458
Registered: 15-9-2002
Member Is Offline
Mood: Angry !!!!!111111...2?!
|
|
Or try to zip the textfile containing the link and attach it to the post.
|
|
franklyn
International Hazard
Posts: 3026
Registered: 30-5-2006
Location: Da Big Apple
Member Is Offline
Mood: No Mood
|
|
Quote: | Originally posted by not_important
The work-around is to use something like tinyURL to create a clean URL for posting. |
Excellent solution, worked very well, see _ http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=9218&a...
Quote: | Originally posted by a_bab
Or try to zip the textfile containing the link and attach it to the post. |
No dice - MySQL error remains, any attachment whatever is not posted.
.
|
|
franklyn
International Hazard
Posts: 3026
Registered: 30-5-2006
Location: Da Big Apple
Member Is Offline
Mood: No Mood
|
|
Still cannot upload any attachments, .txt, .zip, .pdf, to posts
the server returnsthe following error _
" MySQL has encountered an unknown error. To find out the exact
problem, please set the DEBUG flag to true in config.php."
.
|
|
chemrox
International Hazard
Posts: 2961
Registered: 18-1-2007
Location: UTM
Member Is Offline
Mood: LaGrangian
|
|
here's what I get trying to use the link you posted:
Error
The forum you have chosen does not exist.
"When you let the dumbasses vote you end up with populism followed by autocracy and getting back is a bitch." Plato (sort of)
|
|
franklyn
International Hazard
Posts: 3026
Registered: 30-5-2006
Location: Da Big Apple
Member Is Offline
Mood: No Mood
|
|
Quote: | Originally posted by chemrox
The forum you have chosen does not exist. |
Yes been there done that
" A bit of a trick here , you must log in to references first , before you click this link "
Don't ask why, I don't know.
.
[Edited on 15-1-2008 by franklyn]
|
|