Why is it necessary to display this when we click on some posts?
Brett_Tabke
12:31 pm on Sep 20, 2006 (gmt 0)
Why not? A 404 is a 404.
DamonHD
1:30 pm on Sep 20, 2006 (gmt 0)
Could it be a 403++, or a 410-6?
Brett_Tabke
2:07 pm on Sep 20, 2006 (gmt 0)
True, sometimes a 404 *is* a 403+1.
Mr Bo Jangles
4:51 am on Sep 22, 2006 (gmt 0)
Why not? A 404 is a 404.
Rather than the smart#*$! answer Brett why not attempt to supply a sensible answer. If these posts are 'force-deleted' then why aren't their topic listings also deleted so that visitors don't waste time - and have then to be presented with this 404 nonsense!
Brett_Tabke
6:12 pm on Sep 22, 2006 (gmt 0)
What is the question?
People like to know when a file is 404.
Mr Bo Jangles
6:42 pm on Sep 22, 2006 (gmt 0)
The question is pretty simple - although I suspect it isn't necessary to restate it. Why are users of this bulletin board presented with this silly bit of nonsense "sometimes a 404 is..." when they click on a new Topic listing - where presumably the Topic in question has been force deleted by a moderator. If the Topic is to be deleted, why isn't the listing also deleted to avoid this annoyance.
jdMorgan
6:55 pm on Sep 22, 2006 (gmt 0)
The timing of the deletion (as well as the related database update) relative to your viewing of the list of posts, as well as client and proxy caching issues, can result in your seeing a link to a previously-deleted page. In that case, the server has to serve you *something*, so it serves a 404 page.
Such problems can arise in any asynchronous system.
Jim
Mr Bo Jangles
7:01 pm on Sep 22, 2006 (gmt 0)
So presumably the deletion of the 'remnant' Topic listing is not far away after the topic itself has been deleted - I'm just unlucky in seeing more than usual, i.e. 2 in one viewing session. Thanks Jim
Brett_Tabke
7:35 pm on Sep 22, 2006 (gmt 0)
Within a minute or two - yes. Or you have a browers that has a long cache.
