Discussion Form handler mixing up posts

[Guest]

I'm having a problem with a discussion board I created with FP 2003.
Everything seems to be working fine, but when someone either creates a new
post or replies to an existing post, the form handler (seemingly randomly!)
will sometimes insert the post/reply into an already existing post, rather
than creating a new file. In the table of contents, sometimes the new post
AND the existing post will then have the same hyperlink, or, in the case of a
reply, it will not show in the TOC at all, but you'll eventually find the
text that was entered in an existing post.

I'm able to go in and cut and paste and fix it, but if this discussion board
gets any more busy, that will be a full-time job! Why is this happening, and
is there anything I can do to fix it? It doesn't happen every time, and I
can't seem to see any pattern that causes it to happen/not happen.

Thanks,
Laurie

 

[Tom Willett]

Unfortunately, that is the nature of the Discussion Web. It eventually
corrupts, and there is no fix, other than to create a new one.
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| I'm having a problem with a discussion board I created with FP 2003.
| Everything seems to be working fine, but when someone either creates a new
| post or replies to an existing post, the form handler (seemingly
randomly!)
| will sometimes insert the post/reply into an already existing post, rather
| than creating a new file. In the table of contents, sometimes the new
post
| AND the existing post will then have the same hyperlink, or, in the case
of a
| reply, it will not show in the TOC at all, but you'll eventually find the
| text that was entered in an existing post.
|
| I'm able to go in and cut and paste and fix it, but if this discussion
board
| gets any more busy, that will be a full-time job! Why is this happening,
and
| is there anything I can do to fix it? It doesn't happen every time, and I
| can't seem to see any pattern that causes it to happen/not happen.
|
| Thanks,
| Laurie

 

[Guest]

Sheesh. What a bummer. Do all forms handlers have this problem, or is this
worse with FP? Would I have better luck if I tried a custom server-side
handler?

 

[David Berry]

You'd be better off finding a 3rd party discussion forum