Gus,
Don't worry, it was not taken as a complaint. All too many times I have found that nobody reported a problem because they assumed that somebody else did, so thanks for taking the time to do so.
There is an excellent team working the problem. Fortunately, a major upgrade was being developed, with the intent of having it ready for a cutover with no interruption of service. Unfortunately the security breach forced taking down the old system on short notice.
73s,
Alan WA4SCA
-----Original Message----- From: Gus [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 9:16 AM To: [email protected] Cc: Alan; [email protected] Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Website page error
Alan,
I knew the site was experiencing difficulties. I was not aware of the nature or extent of these difficulties. My post was not in the nature of a complaint. I was just drawing attention to an error which I thought /might/ have gone so far unnoticed.
Good luck to the development team -- I look forward to the new and enhanced site.
Regards...
On 02/26/2013 09:38 AM, Alan wrote:
Gus,
Most (all?) pages which at one time linked to other data bases are broken
in
this way. There is, behind the scenes, a major effort to migrate to a new platform, and this is certainly an important function which will be there. Judging by the calls and emails to the AMSAT office, this feature is probably the one most people miss. It will take more time to do this, but the results will be a more modern, capable, and maintainable web site. We regret the delay and inconvenience.
73s,
Alan WA4SCA AMSAT-NA Board Member
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gus Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 11:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Website page error
I know that there have been issues with the website recently, but this
page:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/predict/gives an error: *** Database Error - sql - InitDB line 14
Especially with new launches, this page is a useful resource.