+DanPan Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 (edited) Hi Signal, Are you sick? Has anyone more information? When will GC.com be up and running again? Greetings from Belgium, DanPan Edited June 8, 2006 by DanPan Link to comment
+BalkanSabranje Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Similar questions here: when can we expect the server to be up and running again? We deperately need to print out some descriptions! And: couldn't planned maintenace (during the day!) be announced some days in advance so that at least the PMs could download the urgently needed data?! TIA for quick repair. BalkanSabranje Link to comment
+Deliveryguy428 Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 And who to say this was planned? This might be a case of something going wrong and the default page kicked in. So it might take someone from Groundspeak to come into the office first thing today and notice it is messed up and fix it. Link to comment
+Jors Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Most likely nót planned, but I'm sure we can expect an announcement soon. When 'soon' is, is anyone's guess... Link to comment
+klossner Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 couldn't planned maintenance (during the day!) be announced ...Here in Groundspeak's time zone, it's 2:00 in the morning. Link to comment
+BalkanSabranje Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 But it's 1100 in the morning here. And the local time is the reason why I suppose this to be somehow scheduled (server load can't really be at its peak at one a.m.). Link to comment
+JRM-IRL Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Similar questions here: when can we expect the server to be up and running again? We deperately need to print out some descriptions! Ditto here in GMT zone...a whole days caching is going down the swanny Link to comment
+baelrati Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 couldn't planned maintenance (during the day!) be announced ...Here in Groundspeak's time zone, it's 2:00 in the morning. Well, the site is already down for quite some time (now at least 4,5 hours). By now there should be at least a statement about what is going on. Usually, technical services are monitored around the clock, and staff is notified by email/sms/pager as soon as a problem occurs. So the reaction time is very low! This is even more important if you provide a service around the clock. Geocaching is played worldwide after all. Link to comment
+JRM-IRL Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 This is even more important if you provide a service around the clock. Geocaching is played worldwide after all. Thank you for making that point more politely than I felt able to manage. I'm just bitter, but my mother and I planned this day out all week and re arranged our schedules so we could both have the whole day off together. Link to comment
+Zinnware Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Similar questions here: when can we expect the server to be up and running again? We deperately need to print out some descriptions! Ditto here in GMT zone...a whole days caching is going down the swanny Don't let the geocaching server outage ruin your day! If you are a member, you can get GPX files emailed to you weekly or even more often. From that data, you can print off any cache page you want without being connected to geocaching.com. I for example have weekly queries sent to me showing the nearest 500 geocaches that I have not found. Geocaching could be down for a year and I would still have geocaches to find. You can use either GSAK or the Watcher, a GPX utility to view or print out geocaches from the GPX file generated from the query.. Even if your query results were from last week, you would still be able to review caches that existed up until that point in time. Link to comment
+whistler & co. Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Stock your cachemobile with the printouts of a few of those long multis you never seem to find time for (everyone has a couple of those within 50 miles of home, right?). Use them when all else fails! Link to comment
+Ambrosia Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 This is even more important if you provide a service around the clock. Geocaching is played worldwide after all. Thank you for making that point more politely than I felt able to manage. I'm just bitter, but my mother and I planned this day out all week and re arranged our schedules so we could both have the whole day off together. That's too bad that your day was messed up by this! I always like to do pq's or planning a couple days in advance, so something like this doesn't ruin a caching day/weekend. Then I have a safety net. Link to comment
+solomonfamily Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Also noticed here in Melbourne Australia, I found a few caches today while I was meant to be at a conference - came home 4pm to log but the site was down - it is now 8:45pm still down...... Hey no one tell my boss I was off caching in stead of listening to a lecture....... Link to comment
+Team Mojito Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 (edited) All that I wan't is an official note, telling what I can expect in the near future - Will .com be running again today or is it really bad? Edited June 8, 2006 by Team Mojito Link to comment
+homedg Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Surely someone can provide an estimate of downtime? Or am I the last human left on earth and my only link to my past existence is the internet connection I'm using which links to...... well, nowhere. Link to comment
+dino-irl Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 It's back but not working very well! I can link to caches but getting errors and no info.....looks like soemthing serious has gone wrong Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Sounds like a long night at the office........... Link to comment
+Yellow ants Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 It's back but not working very well! I can link to caches but getting errors and no info.....looks like soemthing serious has gone wrong I think the entire cache database has disappeared. They're rummaging through the woods for the tape backups, hidden in GCNXPQ :laughing: Link to comment
+duejensen Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 I think the entire cache database has disappeared. They're rummaging through the woods for the tape backups, hidden in GCNXPQ :laughing: And have to find someone having a GSAK including GCNXPQ Link to comment
+Ko Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Don't let the geocaching server outage ruin your day! If you are a member, you can get GPX files emailed to you weekly or even more often. From that data, you can print off any cache page you want without being connected to geocaching.com. I for example have weekly queries sent to me showing the nearest 500 geocaches that I have not found. Geocaching could be down for a year and I would still have geocaches to find. You can use either GSAK or the Watcher, a GPX utility to view or print out geocaches from the GPX file generated from the query.. Even if your query results were from last week, you would still be able to review caches that existed up until that point in time. The GPX files are very useful indeed, but don't you like to log your visits, grabbed TB's, coins etc.? Link to comment
CoyoteRed Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 (edited) Don't let the geocaching server outage ruin your day! If you are a member, you can get GPX files emailed to you weekly or even more often. From that data, you can print off any cache page you want without being connected to geocaching.com. I for example have weekly queries sent to me showing the nearest 500 geocaches that I have not found. Geocaching could be down for a year and I would still have geocaches to find. You can use either GSAK or the Watcher, a GPX utility to view or print out geocaches from the GPX file generated from the query.. Even if your query results were from last week, you would still be able to review caches that existed up until that point in time. The GPX files are very useful indeed, but don't you like to log your visits, grabbed TB's, coins etc.? Sure, but it's not necessary to geocache. At least with an off line database you can still geocache. The maintenance issue might be related to this. Edited June 8, 2006 by CoyoteRed Link to comment
+BBWolf+3Pigs Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Site is up, sort of. Anytime I go to look at a cache listing, I get: An Error Has Occured Invalid column name 'RefName'. Link to comment
+OHMIKY Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Site is up, sort of. Anytime I go to look at a cache listing, I get: An Error Has Occured Invalid column name 'RefName'. I get the same - I can only surmise that the techs are too busy trying to fix to come make any comment. Link to comment
+Tervas Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 At least the PQ server seems to be ok. Recieved my query normally Link to comment
+RSB Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 If nothing else comes from this down time period, you sure know how important Geocaching is to you. Link to comment
+CO Admin Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Groundspeak is aware of the problem and is handling it. Link to comment
+Dhalihalama Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 (edited) Why don't we all hide ourselves a new cache instead of being disgruntled. I would if it wasn't going to rain for the next 40 days and nights again in the New England area! Edited June 8, 2006 by Dhalihalama Link to comment
SAWKS Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Invalid column name 'RefName'. Please tell us what it means (in human not Technical Jargon ) Link to comment
+CO Admin Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Invalid column name 'RefName'. Please tell us what it means (in human not Technical Jargon ) Its Broken Link to comment
+jaypit Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Looks like a perfect opportunity to go find some puzzle caches I have solved! Jeremy hasn't made a post on his thread, must be bad. I'm sure they'll get if fixed soon. Now where's those puzzle coords........ Link to comment
VI Waypoint Hunters Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Invalid column name 'RefName'. Please tell us what it means (in human not Technical Jargon ) Its Broken I thought something was funny last night about 7:00 PM Groundspeak time when I opened a couple of pages on cacher profiles and below their cache finds list was displayed the programing paths and links etc. It was wierd and I thought 'Oh-oh this can't be good........' Link to comment
+sobeboy58 Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 YAY!!! It works for me now. Sobeboy Link to comment
+RabidCubsFans Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 I've got cache descriptions back. We're up and running! Link to comment
+JRM-IRL Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 (edited) Ditto here in GMT zone...a whole days caching is going down the swanny Don't let the geocaching server outage ruin your day! If you are a member, you can get GPX files emailed to you weekly or even more often. From that data, you can print off any cache page you want without being connected to geocaching.com. I for example have weekly queries sent to me showing the nearest 500 geocaches that I have not found. Geocaching could be down for a year and I would still have geocaches to find. You can use either GSAK or the Watcher, a GPX utility to view or print out geocaches from the GPX file generated from the query.. Even if your query results were from last week, you would still be able to review caches that existed up until that point in time. That's all very well...and yes I have last weeks PQs on *my* PC, on GSAK, so assuming I was working from *my* pc all would be fine...but *my* PC is in Ireland where I live...and currently I am visiting my mother in England. Do you see my predicament now? Glad its up and running again now, but its too late for us, and we don't have any more free days before I return to Ireland. Never mind Edited June 8, 2006 by JRM-IRL Link to comment
+CogCacher Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Is it really up? I am still getting a sad signal with the error page. Link to comment
Jeremy Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 You probably have a bad gateway that is storing the old page. Try holding down ctrl-shift and refresh the page. If that doesn't work you need to contact your ISP. Link to comment
+CogCacher Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Well it works now. Jeremy, Thanks so much for all your hard work. We'll be sure to raise a toast to you at the GeoJamboree this weekend. Link to comment
+Happy Humphrey Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 It seems to work, except that I can't submit a cache. When I change the cache type to Mystery, the page is never refreshed (I've tried this several times, and rebooted as well). HH Link to comment
+TEAM 360 Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Whew...for a minute there, I thought I was banned for life... Link to comment
+bobchernow Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 I don't know about anybody else but I am still down. Have not been able to access all day. WAP seems to work ok. bobchernow Link to comment
+Happy Humphrey Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Still OK for enquiries, but cannot edit a cache. Can anyone else? Link to comment
Jeremy Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 The database is showing that people have been consistently editing listings, so it doesn't seem to be a server issue, per se. Link to comment
+bobchernow Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 I still just get the geocaching.com is down for maintenance message with the sick looking signal. I have cleared caches, etc. Tried two ISPs. Rebooted. Nothing Helps. bobchernow Is it just me now! Link to comment
+Happy Humphrey Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 (edited) Thanks - I am able to operate normally via my wife's PC, so it's obviously my problem. Edit - simply restarting Windows seems to cure the problem for a while... Edited June 9, 2006 by Happy Humphrey Link to comment
+albrt Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 I still just get the geocaching.com is down for maintenance message with the sick looking signal. I have cleared caches, etc. Tried two ISPs. Rebooted. Nothing Helps. bobchernow Is it just me now! I had the same problem this evening. I had an entry in my hosts file for gc.com pointing to 66.150.167.149. That gave the maintenance page. After removing the entry from the hosts file, everything is working fine again. Maybe that helps for you too? Link to comment
+bobchernow Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 You, I had a DNS caching program with the .....149 address too. Flushed it and got the 148 and it works. Wheew bobchernow Link to comment
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