Chat Missing

[Wombat2765]

Hi Rawtop, New member here.  I have been visiting the site for a few years now and decided to join.  I am trying to use the chat function but I keep getting the following message;

PDOStatement: Duplicate entry 'bbsyd2765' for key 'name_UNIQUE'

Sorry you encountered an error. Details about this error have been written to our logs and will be reviewed to make sure it doesn't happen to other users.

I changed my user name shortly after joining and  I am using an in private browser,. Not sure if that is the reason.

[BootmanLA]

On 2/29/2024 at 5:39 PM, bbsyd2765 said:

I am geting the following message: 

PDOStatement: Duplicate entry 'bbsyd2765' for key 'name_UNIQUE'

Sorry you encountered an error. Details about this error have been written to our logs and will be reviewed to make sure it doesn't happen to other users.

I changed my user name shortly after joining and  I am using an in private browser,. Not sure if that is the reason.

It's not the reason. I'd suggest you read back through the last several pages of posts in this topic - the issues with "Chat" are well-known and not really within the scope of the site's owner to fix (it's a third-party module that no longer really integrates well with this forum software (which is also third-party software). Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, and until the site gets rewritten from the ground up, I don't think it's going to work on a consistent basis.

[Guest]

I've gotten some chat messages but can't see them. I get an error every time I try checking: 

PDOStatement: Duplicate entry 'ObjectPersona' for key 'name_UNIQUE'

I did send a message to an admin about this but then realized that I wouldn't hear back since the response would be through the chat which doesn't work. Is this something that can be fixed? Thank you!

[danolivaw]

Chat doesn’t work.

[BootmanLA]

37 minutes ago, ObjectPersona said:

I've gotten some chat messages but can't see them. I get an error every time I try checking: 

PDOStatement: Duplicate entry 'ObjectPersona' for key 'name_UNIQUE'

I did send a message to an admin about this but then realized that I wouldn't hear back since the response would be through the chat which doesn't work. Is this something that can be fixed? Thank you!

1. If you look in this forum, you'll find a very lengthy thread on problems with the third-party chat system. Short summary: The chat software was an "add on" to the software that underlies this entire site of forums, and has never been integrated very well (the two systems need to share information and they don't do that well). That's unlikely to be fixed as the longer-term plan is to migrate this forum onto different software, which WILL have an integrated, built-in chat system.

2. Messages to the admins are NOT responded to by "chat", but by reply messages.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, BootmanLA said:

1. If you look in this forum, you'll find a very lengthy thread on problems with the third-party chat system. Short summary: The chat software was an "add on" to the software that underlies this entire site of forums, and has never been integrated very well (the two systems need to share information and they don't do that well). That's unlikely to be fixed as the longer-term plan is to migrate this forum onto different software, which WILL have an integrated, built-in chat system.

2. Messages to the admins are NOT responded to by "chat", but by reply messages.

Ok, thank you. I assumed it probably all worked by now (in most cases) since I keep seeing numbers other than zero appear for chat and my guess was that people were sending me things that I just couldn't see.

[BootmanLA]

6 minutes ago, ObjectPersona said:

Ok, thank you. I assumed it probably all worked by now (in most cases) since I keep seeing numbers other than zero appear for chat and my guess was that people were sending me things that I just couldn't see.

Nah - the "chat" is like a chat room (if you remember those from AOL or IRC or other sites), where the conversation is "live" and you only see what's been said in the room while you're present. If you leave and return, like in real life, there's no "catching up" on what you missed, and nobody's likely to address you there when you're not present.

In other words, it's not like instant messages or text messaging or anything like that.

[BarebackedBear]

I don't see any current topics relating specifically to what I'm seeing here ... I've tried opening the chat multiple times and I'm getting server side errors that say they're being written to the syslogs. Not sure if anyone on the admin / dev side is aware already or if it's just a "me" thing.

The only error I've been able to get repeatedly:

PDOStatement: Duplicate entry 'BarebackedBear' for key 'name_UNIQUE'

Sorry you encountered an error. Details about this error have been written to our logs and will be reviewed to make sure it doesn't happen to other users.

The other error was similar but referenced my email rather than username and is not repeatable.

[viking8x6]

This is a known bug. See the thread your question has been merged into for details.

Because the entire system is slated to be migrated to much newer technology, it may never be fixed.

[max2001]

12 hours ago, viking8x6 said:

This is a known bug. See the thread your question has been merged into for details.

Because the entire system is slated to be migrated to much newer technology, it may never be fixed.

this would make me come on here so much more often if it were fixed

[BootmanLA]

On 5/31/2024 at 12:02 AM, max2001 said:

this would make me come on here so much more often if it were fixed

A lot of members share that view. But it's important to remember: this is NOT primarily a "chat live" kind of place - it's a discussion board, where the views expressed and the stories told and the experiences shared remain as part of the system, for everyone to see - not just the handful of members who happened to be "in the chat room" when something is mentioned. 

It's also important to understand: this forum software (the boards where all these messages are posted) and the chat software are two different pieces of software from different vendors, never really intended to work with each other in the first place. The site developer was able to make them work together for a while, but as each software package has evolved, unfortunately new  incompatibilities get introduced, making "keeping them working together" almost impossible. 

[Guest]

I keep getting told there is an error

Duplicate entry 'bugchasingtom' for key name_unique

[viking8x6]

This is due to a bug in the code.

[Jeanscumpig]

On 3/1/2024 at 10:44 PM, BootmanLA said:

It's not the reason. I'd suggest you read back through the last several pages of posts in this topic - the issues with "Chat" are well-known and not really within the scope of the site's owner to fix (it's a third-party module that no longer really integrates well with this forum software (which is also third-party software). Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, and until the site gets rewritten from the ground up, I don't think it's going to work on a consistent basis.

In other words, the chat will no longer work, you can easily solve that yourself by, as a user of this site, using a chat app in addition to it, I use Google chat and recently the Session chat app. And this way I can still chat with my followers here on Breeding zone. problem solved easily.

[020pa]

I only see the ... 3 dots too. So I assume it is a general error for now