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geokills said:
> is it possible to switch it back to an open thread?

As the two databases (read-only & the regular one) will be separate from each other; I do not think this is possible via any conventional methods. One of the technical admins can correct me if I'm wrong. That being said, if there are particular old threads you'd like to stay in the active database, provide the forum mods a link quickly. As stated, we'll give this roughly two weeks to go into effect.

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simplemachine said:
So does this mean the shroomery will be up more often?

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While archiving does not directly relate to our MySQL problems, I believe it will help prevent some of the crashes that stem particularly from the search function since there won't be nearly as much load to run through.

Our SQL errors as of late are due in large part to a universal problem with MySQL 4.0.16 running on large databases. If you sleuth the technical support forums for bulletin board software across the board, you will see that there are a lot of frusterated people out there on large databases that aren't vibing with this version of MySQL. Trimming the database should definitely help some of our problems, though it seems that we may also have corrupt tables in our DB - which I cannot comment further on as I don't have a complete understanding of what that entails.

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This is whacky no doubt, but Vampire999, Seuss, and Ythan are really bustin' their ass tryin' to figure this out - so please just give them time.

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hey, it's all good - thanks all ya'll for the hard work

Plus, how often do people really pull up 9 month old threads? Here and there, sure - but mostly, we just start new threads. The benefits of cutting out the fat outweighs the ability to drag up old threads - in my opinion. We just need to be sure to request the archiving of important threads with useful info & memorable exchanges.

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# The Pub: All threads older than 2 months will be archived in a read-only format. Remaining threads will be subject to expiration after a period of 90 days of inactivity. Any thread may be kept indefinitely at the discretion of the forum moderators.

# The Marketplace: All threads older than 2 months will be archived in a read-only format. Remaining threads will be subject to expiration after a period of 90 days of inactivity. Any thread may be kept indefinitely at the discretion of the forum moderators.

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