I locked like 3 threads....

 

thats because your reign....

stern... stern but fair

 

Maybe I am being Capt. Obvious here... if so. flame... but don't the Mods bring the site down for like 5 minutes at a time which is what causes this? Yay or nay? Or was the site legit. down?

 

exaggeration.....

but YAY for active moderation!

 

No, locking threads does not cause the site to go down... Generally most of our DB errors occur when there is a sudden extreme increase in database queries; ie searches, posts, new threads.

Things mods could do to bring down the site would be to move lots of threads at one time, or delete/restore threads amounting to tens of thousands of posts at one time.

 

if i saw the error i could tell you the prob... im a db admin... just shoot me pms if you need assistance

 

really?! i don't think i've gotten one of those though

now sig infractions is a different story

 

If you want the techincal error do this

1.In IE7, go to Tools->Internet Options
2Click on the 'Advanced' tab
3.Within the 'Browsing' category, the 15th checkbox down is the 'Show friendly HTTP error messages'. De-select this.