Entries File Emptied - entries disappeared

muddharrys · Post by **muddharrys** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:24 pm

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My renamed entries.txt file which has been collecting entries for a couple of months has all of a sudden emptied itself to 0 kb. Under what conditions does this happen?

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muddharrys · Post by **muddharrys** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:36 pm

You can ignore - I just found a thread talking about text databases and heavy use.

I wish I would have known this before I used this - my site is getting peak activity and probably should be using a MySQL format.

Post by **Klemen** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 2:05 pm

Yes, unfortunately that is what happens sometimes with text databases when they come under heavy load. MySQL is the way to go for you.

muddharrys · Post by **muddharrys** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 2:11 pm

Thank you for the reply - I gotta tell you though, I really like this gb, it's simple, clean and devoid of all of the stuff I don't need, want or desire.

Is there a way to simply move this gb from a txt database and use MySQL?

Final question - is there a comparable gb you can recommend? I look at about 30 if them yesterday and just flat didn't like them.

Thanks!

Post by **Klemen** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 4:11 pm

Actually it would require quite some editing and PHP knowledge to get it working with MySQL. I think some time ago someone posted a MySQL version of GBook but I wouldn't recommend using it anymore as it is obsolete (especially the SPAM protection which has evolved greatly n the last few versions).

As for MySQL alternatives sorry can't really recommend any as I haven't used any myself.