[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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