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I'm getting an Internal Server Error

Started by Insane Nerd Ramblings, April 05, 2024, 09:02:02 AM

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Insane Nerd Ramblings

April 05, 2024, 09:02:02 AM
I seem to have run into a glitch yesterday that first caused me to get nothing but Internal Server Errors when I tried posting this (screenshot of the text) and then for a while it appeared the site was down completely for me (I even DM'd Pundit on Twitter), figuring it had been a DNS attack. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.
"My political opinions lean more and more to Anarchy (philosophically understood, meaning abolition of control not whiskered men with bombs)" - JRR Tolkien

"Democracy too is a religion. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses." HL Mencken

brettmb

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April 05, 2024, 12:14:06 PM
You killed it :). Hard to say from the screenshot. Can you message me the actual text, if possible?

Insane Nerd Ramblings

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April 05, 2024, 09:10:45 PM Last Edit: April 05, 2024, 09:13:25 PM by Insane Nerd Ramblings
Quote from: brettmb on April 05, 2024, 12:14:06 PMYou killed it :). Hard to say from the screenshot. Can you message me the actual text, if possible?

Well, this is something. I can't even send the text as it gives an Internal Server Error. I'll have to send a JPEG.
"My political opinions lean more and more to Anarchy (philosophically understood, meaning abolition of control not whiskered men with bombs)" - JRR Tolkien

"Democracy too is a religion. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses." HL Mencken

brettmb

#3
April 06, 2024, 11:40:26 AM
OK. Working on it.

brettmb

#4
April 06, 2024, 12:49:12 PM
For now, it should work if you remove the quote. That's not the issue, but it does bypass it.

Eirikrautha

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June 27, 2024, 12:32:21 PM
Just had the same thing happen to me, on a very long post.  What's the best way for me to get you the text, since it won't let me post it here, either?

brettmb

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June 27, 2024, 12:41:04 PM Last Edit: June 27, 2024, 12:55:05 PM by brettmb
First thing to do is make sure there are no non-ascii characters (curly quotes, long dashes, and other special characters).That's usually the issue.

brettmb

#7
June 27, 2024, 01:22:31 PM
And did you try to quote a message, and then edit the quote?

Eirikrautha

#8
June 27, 2024, 01:33:58 PM
Yeah, I quoted and edited.  It has something to do with line or paragraph breaks.  I copied into notepad and removed all the line breaks, and I can preview it now.  Once I start adding line breaks (with the "Enter" key), it screws up at some point (I get about halfway through).

Eirikrautha

#9
June 27, 2024, 03:04:53 PM
Hmmm, without the Enters, I can preview, but it still won't post.  Unless I have a hidden characters somewhere, I can't find any errors...

brettmb

#10
June 27, 2024, 07:52:33 PM
Same error message when you try to post, or something different?

Eirikrautha

#11
June 27, 2024, 08:50:55 PM
Same Message.  Internal Server Error and a number (500, I think).

brettmb

#12
June 27, 2024, 09:04:43 PM
It's a false positive security issue. I don't have a workaround for it yet. If you remove the parenthesis, it should work.
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