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Phorum database error occurred. - chopper - 09-09-2019
Wut ?
Re: Phorum database error occurred. - MrNoBody - 09-09-2019
happens when words, phrases, or syntax upset its moral compass.
Select & Cut the entire post.
Replace with a . or ?
Post
Go back & edit, replacing the single character with the cut post (paste).
Save
Should post as normal.
Don't know why, but it always works for me.
Re: Phorum database error occurred. - ztirffritz - 09-09-2019
It doesn't like degree symbols or diameter symbols, or didn't the last time I checked.
ø ° ± ½ Æ
edit: looks like one or the other has been fixed since I last checked.
Re: Phorum database error occurred. - cbelt3 - 09-09-2019
It also gets wozzled by most unicode specialized characters.
Re: Phorum database error occurred. - MrNoBody - 09-09-2019
wozzled ?
I'm amazed that didn't set off the MRF profanity alarm.
One letter difference:
urbandictionary
Re: Phorum database error occurred. - Filliam H. Muffman - 09-09-2019
Also triggers if you try to post characters that aren't on "Western" language keyboards (Japanese/Korean/Chinese/etc.).
Re: Phorum database error occurred. - RAMd®d - 09-10-2019
Yes, it's most likely some kind of special character, or a 'typical' letter, number, or character that looks 'normal' but isn't an accepted unicode character.
I've had that same problem a few times, and solved it by typing in the text instead of CnP'ing it.
But that's a no-go on longish articles.
I wish there was an app that could divine what a site finds acceptable, then show what characters in sample text in red as not acceptable.
But it's not that big of a deal to me.
Re: Phorum database error occurred. - pdq - 09-10-2019
I look for long hyphens, curly quotes, or underscores in the text (which usually get in there if you’re cutting and pasting some of your post from another source).
Also, I discovered the other day that you can’t use any iOS emojis.