Duplicate posts

[Mike]

I'm not sure if Adam (Zymurgy661) is aware, but when some members have started a new thread (this seems to only happen in the Heads-up/OTT section) then 2 or 3 duplicate threads appear on the forum within a couple of minutes, this has been happening regularly over the last couple of weeks.

[SamP]

It's due to the posts 'hanging' when people are hitting the submit button, leading to them thinking their post hasn't gone live and hitting the submit button again.

I've tried my best to keep on top of merging threads and deleting duplicate threads, but it does appear to be happening more often as time goes on.

It's a bit of a strange one, usually when this happens the whole forum runs slow, but it seems to be soley related to the posting of new threads. Hopefully Adam can take a look soon.

[Mike]

Thanks for that Sam, that explains it nicely. I've also noticed that it happens to posts within threads too and it just seems to happen in the OTT section - I don't remember seeing it anywhere else.

[SamP]

I have seen it in other sections, I think its just that the Heads Up ones are the most used.

[Mike]

Thanks Sam, I hope it's fixed soon as it's rather annoying!

[Zymurgy661]

Wasn't aware but am now. Will take a look tonight.....

[Mike]

Thanks Adam, just for info this thread has been posted 5 times - I think that's a new record! :- viewtopic.php?f=8&t=177478

[slogen51]

A work around is to hit the back button after the error message appears and then go to the home page etc rather than reposting/resubmitting the form. It appears that the post is successfully created and the error only appears when the system is trying to redisplay the new post.

( Could be an issue with the parameter not being returned correctly after an identity insert statement)

[Mike]

You don't need to wait for the error message if it hangs, just hit Submit and then the back button - hey presto - it's posted anyway!

[Zymurgy661]

Let me know if it happens again from this point, thanks

[big john]

Post still hangs but does post, the Internal server error still comes up when trying to display the post submited.

[Zymurgy661]

Tried something else, lets see if it still happens.

[big john]

Didn't work! It still comes back with internal server error.
Tried it with Edge in case it was google, but same result.
It only happens when posting a new topic in the heads up section. I have tested a few others and they seem to work okay, very strange.

[Mike]

It's happening in other sections too, not just the OTT section :- https://www.fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/ ... 8&t=177671

[AeroResource]

Not forgotten about this, still being looked at.....

[RS2]

It happens for me if I post from mobile phone, appears the post hasnt been sent initially, the you find youve actually posted 2 or 3 times.

[slogen51]

I often get a bad gateway message after creating a new thread or appending to an existing thread ( Edits to an existing post seem ok). The post has been created and the error occurs when your post is being redisplayed , so I simply hit the 'back' button and return to the section heading where the new post can be seen to have been created. If you re submit the post it will create a duplicate.

( Edit : it didn't happen in this section for this post!)

[welshandy]

Happened to me last night,while posting on "UK Heads up" & had to delete duplicated posts.

[Mike]

This is happening again, have noticed lots of duplicate posts in the last couple of weeks and when clicking 'Submit' when posting it then takes about 10 seconds for the new post to appear.

[Mike]

Tried something else, lets see if it still happens.

This is happening again Adam, plenty of double posts every day.