RE: [backstage] Who spilled coffee on the server?

[Aaron Scullion]

I think we should probably just say it was a database error and leave it
at that!
 
In all seriousness... adapting DNA to allow it to offer blog comments
has been a big job, and it's fair to say that it's thrown up some things
that we hadn't foreseen. The team who manage the DNA service have done
an absolutely sterling job facilitating it all, and designing the
functionality we needed. Fast responses to a problem like this morning's
is one example of that. 
 
Aaron

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of vijay chopra
Sent: 15 May 2008 14:50
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: Re: [backstage] Who spilled coffee on the server?


Thanks Aaron,
You guys fixed it fast! It takes me ages to fix and debug code.
As an aside, what caused the problem?

thanks,
Vijay.


On 15/05/2008, Aaron Scullion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 

        Thanks for this. The DNA team are aware, and are trying to fix
right now. 
         
        We're also trying to make these error messages less verbose, for
obvious reasons...
         
        Aaron 
         
        (Product manager, BBC blogs)

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        From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of vijay chopra
        Sent: 15 May 2008 12:20
        To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
        Subject: [backstage] Who spilled coffee on the server?
        
        
        
        On the subject of things at the Beeb, someone broke Justin
Webb's blog:
        http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/justinwebb/
        There's a big red server Error message behind the blog entries,
and all the comments have disappeared (it's been like this from at least
sometime yesterday)
        
        If you're fast enough pressing your browsers stop button, you
can see the full message, stack trace and all.
        Here are the full details for anyone who knows DNA well enough
to fix it:
        
        
        

        Server Error in '/DNA/DNAPAGES' Application. 
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        '<', hexadecimal value 0x3C, is an invalid attribute character.
Line 1, position 20. 

        Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the
execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for
more information about the error and where it originated in the code. 
        
        Exception Details: System.Xml.XmlException: '<', hexadecimal
value 0x3C, is an invalid attribute character. Line 1, position 20.
        
        Source Error: 
        
        
An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current
web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the
exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.      

        Stack Trace: 
        
        
[XmlException: '<', hexadecimal value 0x3C, is an invalid attribute
character. Line 1, position 20.]
   System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e) +87
   System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String[] args) +77


   System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Int32 pos, String res, String[]
args) +18
   System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseAttributeValueSlow(Int32 curPos,
Char quoteChar, NodeData attr) +629
   System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseAttributes() +867


   System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElement() +545
   System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElementContent() +461
   System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read() +26
   System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadNode(Boolean skipOverWhitespace) +435


   System.Xml.XmlLoader.ParsePartialContent(XmlNode parentNode, String
innerxmltext, XmlNodeType nt) +200
   System.Xml.XmlElement.set_InnerXml(String value) +37
   BBC.Dna.ForumPost.AddPostXml(IDnaDataReader reader, DnaComponent
component, XmlNode parentNode, IInputContext context) +2375


 
BBC.Dna.RecentCommentForumPostsBuilder.BuildRecentCommentsXml(IDnaDataRe
ader dataReader) +128
 
BBC.Dna.RecentCommentForumPostsBuilder.TryGetRecentCommentForumPosts()
+201
   BBC.Dna.BlogSummary.ProcessRequest() +178


   BBC.Dna.Component.WholePage.ProcessRequest() +82
   BBC.Dna.Page.DnaBasePage.DoPageLoad() +663
   BBC.Dna.Page.DnaBasePage.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) +146
   BBC.Dna.Page.DnaWebPage.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) +20


   System.Web.Util.CalliHelper.EventArgFunctionCaller(IntPtr fp, Object
o, Object t, EventArgs e) +15
   System.Web.Util.CalliEventHandlerDelegateProxy.Callback(Object
sender, EventArgs e) +34
   System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e) +99


   System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +47
   System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean
includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)
+1061

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