[Babase] upcen and logins and such

kfenn kfenn at princeton.edu
Mon Feb 25 11:50:49 EST 2008


Karl,

I'll also try to revisit as soon as I get the chance.

Tabby

Karl O. Pinc wrote:
>
> On 02/05/2008 08:19:37 AM, kfenn wrote:
>> There is something screwy still happening with UPLOAD.  (UPCEN seems 
>> to be OK.  I logged in at 8:05 and tried it again at 8:43 but didn't 
>> get any login error messges.)
>>
>> UPLOAD is the one that is giving me problems.  I was using it just 
>> before I tried the UPCEN upload at 8:43 (so let's say 8:40 for the 
>> sake of argument).  I fiddled with some updates and then went back to 
>> UPLOAD at 8:56 (after about 16 minutes).
>>
>> I browsed, selected a file, and tried to upload but got:
>> /Login failed./ Is the database, user, and password correct?
>>
>> I don't think I got bumped all the way back to the login window, but 
>> the interface windows in both are so similar, its hard to tell.
>>
>> I browsed again from the same window, got the same file, and hit the 
>> upload button.  The login failure had reset the database to 
>> babase_test so my file generated an error message about a duplicate 
>> date (absolutely true because I had already uploaded this file to 
>> babase_test).  However, it took the file the second time without 
>> generating a login error message and without me changing anything 
>> about the database, user, or password info.  I only browsed and 
>> reloaded the file.
>
> You did not get the login error the second time because the
> program checks for duplicate uploads before it tries to login.
>
> I think we covered the login issue in the phone conversation
> between me and Tabby.  But I don't recall a resolution.
>
> I've changed the cookie timeout to an hour to correspond with
> the login timeout.  This means that your logins should
> be good for up to an hour of inactivity.  (I think this
> change has been in effect since our phone conversation.)
>
> Please let me know if there's still a login issue.
>
> Karl <kop at meme.com>
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>                  -- Robert A. Heinlein
>
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