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[Jay_7]

Is the forum software running alright?

The reason I ask is it strikes me as being odd that the main ICT forum is reporting a thread as having 3 replies but no page views...

[Scotty]

Is the forum software running alright?

The reason I ask is it strikes me as being odd that the main ICT forum is reporting a thread as having 3 replies but no page views...

well spotted .... and the spooky thing is that i can actually explain that :thumb04:

The forum reports replies as an actual number ... if there are 3 replies, then there are 3 replies and thats how many there are. However, when it comes to pageviews, we have a few options. To update them in real time adds additional queries to the database and each query slows things down. We currently have the real time update switched off for this reason. As a result, there is a small task that runs every 3 hours and updates page views then. If it is needed immediately, then we can switch it on, but the tradeoff can be a slight slowdown (might not even be noticeable).

[Jay_7]

Is the forum software running alright?

The reason I ask is it strikes me as being odd that the main ICT forum is reporting a thread as having 3 replies but no page views...

well spotted .... and the spooky thing is that i can actually explain that :thumb04:

The forum reports replies as an actual number ... if there are 3 replies, then there are 3 replies and thats how many there are. However, when it comes to pageviews, we have a few options. To update them in real time adds additional queries to the database and each query slows things down. We currently have the real time update switched off for this reason. As a result, there is a small task that runs every 3 hours and updates page views then. If it is needed immediately, then we can switch it on, but the tradeoff can be a slight slowdown (might not even be noticeable).

That makes sense actually, I was just concerned it may have been a precurser to something nasty happening.