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#2576 2022-10-09 06:10:40

tahanson43206
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Registered: 2018-04-27
Posts: 17,169

Re: Housekeeping

For SpaceNut re Potholes scan ...

WBA reached 143000 overnight.  It finished with a Green screen and 33 potholes collected.

Completed Sequence for ID: 143000


Total Command Lines found: 34
Total input Lines in script: 206

  Number of ID's processed: 1000

Starting Number: 142001

Last Number of Run: 143000

Summary for Web Automation Report for 10-09-2022 at 07:55:15
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:28
33 Skip Exceptions were recorded.

Admin posts: 270

For details request file: WebRunlog_10-08-2022_21-38-19_77899-Potholes-143000

Today's run will try for 144000

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#2577 2022-10-09 17:28:29

tahanson43206
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Posts: 17,169

Re: Housekeeping

For SpaceNut re Pothole Scans ....

Today's run to 144000 was uneventful.

Completed Sequence for ID: 144000


Total Command Lines found: 34
Total input Lines in script: 206

  Number of ID's processed: 1000

Starting Number: 143001

Last Number of Run: 144000

Summary for Web Automation Report for 10-09-2022 at 19:21:37
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:28
29 Skip Exceptions were recorded.

29 potholes showed up ... down from previous 33

Admin posts: 172

For details request file: WebRunlog_10-09-2022_10-22-45_37365-Potholes-144000

Tonight's run will try for 145000

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#2578 2022-10-10 08:33:38

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Re: Housekeeping

For SpaceNut re Potholes scan ...

WBA reached 145000 with a Green screen .. it reported 61 potholes, up from previous 29

Completed Sequence for ID: 145000


Total Command Lines found: 34
Total input Lines in script: 206

  Number of ID's processed: 1000

Starting Number: 144001

Last Number of Run: 145000

Summary for Web Automation Report for 10-10-2022 at 07:55:50
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:28
61 Skip Exceptions were recorded.

Note: Count of potholes is 62. Skip report was 61.
Explanation: 144001 is a pothole. The first post of a series is a test post, so skips are not reported.

Admin posts: 236

For details request file: WebRunlog_10-09-2022_21-45-37_78337-Potholes-145000

Today's run will try for 146000

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#2579 2022-10-10 18:26:54

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Posts: 17,169

Re: Housekeeping

For SpaceNut re Potholes scan...

WBA reached 146000 with a Green screen ...

Completed Sequence for ID: 146000


Total Command Lines found: 34
Total input Lines in script: 206

  Number of ID's processed: 1000

Starting Number: 145001

Last Number of Run: 146000

Summary for Web Automation Report for 10-10-2022 at 20:21:57
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:28
37 Skip Exceptions were recorded.

Admin posts: 301

For details request file: WebRunlog_10-10-2022_10-49-38_38978-Potholes-146000

Tonight's run will try for 147000

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#2580 2022-10-11 07:58:39

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Posts: 17,169

Re: Housekeeping

For SpaceNut re Potholes Scan ...

Last night's run to 147000 was uneventful, and it found ONLY 4 potholes!

Completed Sequence for ID: 147000


Total Command Lines found: 34
Total input Lines in script: 206

  Number of ID's processed: 1000

Starting Number: 146001

Last Number of Run: 147000

Summary for Web Automation Report for 10-11-2022 at 09:16:06
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:28
4 Skip Exceptions were recorded.

Admin posts:323

To see details, request file:WebRunlog_10-10-2022_20-29-42_73782-Potholes-147000

Today's run will try for 148000

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#2581 2022-10-11 11:08:53

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Posts: 28,882

Re: Housekeeping

wow july of 2018 with a jburk post

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#2582 2022-10-11 18:54:36

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Re: Housekeeping

For SpaceNut re #2581 ... I too am surprised by how fast we are moving now, at 1000 posts a run.

With the arrival of JBurk in the mix, we have additional Admin posts.

Completed Sequence for ID: 148000


Total Command Lines found: 34
Total input Lines in script: 206

  Number of ID's processed: 1000

Starting Number: 147001

Last Number of Run: 148000

Summary for Web Automation Report for 10-11-2022 at 20:50:37
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:27
7 Skip Exceptions were recorded.

Only 7 potholes this time, up from 4.

Admin posts: 435

for details request file: WebRunlog_10-11-2022_10-53-57_39237-Potholes-148000

Tonight's run will try for 149000

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#2583 2022-10-12 02:37:17

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Re: Housekeeping

clark,

During COVID, you had COVID on the brain.  Now you have racism on the brain.  If you want to know "how it all goes wrong", it's fixating on irrelevant nonsense that isn't worth your time.  When you don't ask the right questions, you don't come up with the right answers.

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#2584 2022-10-12 06:23:41

tahanson43206
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Posts: 17,169

Re: Housekeeping

For SpaceNut re Pothole scans ...

Last night's run reached 149000 with a Green screen ...

Completed Sequence for ID: 149000


Total Command Lines found: 34
Total input Lines in script: 206

  Number of ID's processed: 1000

Starting Number: 148001

Last Number of Run: 149000

Summary for Web Automation Report for 10-12-2022 at 08:20:54
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:26
128 Skip Exceptions were recorded.

Pothole count is ** way ** up from the previous 7

Admin posts: 375 << That is the sum of ** all ** Admins working at the time!

For details request file: WebRunlog_10-11-2022_20-59-49_75589-Potholes-149000

Today's run will try for 15000

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#2585 2022-10-12 18:32:36

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Re: Housekeeping

For SpaceNut ... it appears the run to 150000 has finished.  I am attending a meeting of the local 3D printer group - onsite folks with Internet participation, so won't be able to check the run for a while.

Meanwhile, I ran across this item as a link from one of the recent posts (probably by Mars_B4_Moon)...

SpaceNews Comment Policy

We are a respectful community. Refrain from personal attacks, hate speech and profanity or you will be banned.

That policy is a lot shorter than ours.

***
I've tested the latest JavaScript on multiple machines at this point.  It worked correctly on every one tested so far:

1) XP IE 8
2) Windows 10 Edge
3) Ubuntu 22.04 Chromium
4) Windows 7 Firefox

I'm looking forward to your feedback on the input process, when you get time to give it a stress test.

I ** did ** run a test of 300 loop cycles, and the program ran as I'd hoped.

What I'm thinking now is to keep the report for each TestID limited to one line.

The control I'm using (div) is defaulted to 80 characters. That should be more than enough.

What I'm imagining is something like:

Current ID: 12345  Status: TestID12345 found. TestID12345 updated

or...

Current ID: 99999 Status: TestID99999 not found

or (unlikely)

Current ID: 12346 Status: TestID12346 found. TestID12346 NOT updated (reason if available)

It seems unlikely (to me at least) that if the TestID is found, that it could not be updated.

You have a lot more experience with this than anyone else ... have you ever had an update balk for any reason?

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#2586 2022-10-12 19:36:17

tahanson43206
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Re: Housekeeping

For SpaceNut re Potholes scan ...

WBA did indeed reach 150000, but the count of potholes was higher than the previous 128 ...

Completed Sequence for ID: 150000


Total Command Lines found: 34
Total input Lines in script: 206

  Number of ID's processed: 1000

Starting Number: 149001

Last Number of Run: 150000

Summary for Web Automation Report for 10-12-2022 at 21:26:50
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:27
208 Skip Exceptions were recorded.

Admin Posts:350

For detail, request file: WebRunlog_10-12-2022_11-41-17_42077-Potholes-150000

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#2587 2022-10-13 08:32:26

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Re: Housekeeping

For SpaceNut re TestID upgrade to member status ...

While investigating the next phase of the JavaScript utility, I ran this query:

Admin Index» Bans» Search Results
Pages: 1 2 3 … 141 Next
Username    Email    IP/IP-ranges    Expires    Message    Banned by    Actions
TestID11401    testid11401@test.com         Never                 SpaceNut    Edit | Remove
TestID11402    testid11402@test.com         Never                SpaceNut    Edit | Remove

I noticed that a Moderator appears to be able to remove a username from the banned table.

Is that all that is needed to restore a TestID to member status?

If so, then I could (presumably) take care of that, so you wouldn't have to.

A quick check indicates we have 18350 TestID's, and of those, 7079 are banned.

Update a bit later:

This version of the query was generated by the search request:

This version of the query was tested on NewMars. It was copied from the first quote above, without empty search arguments.

I copied the shortened query and submitted it on a different browser, to confirm it works without the blank parameters:

I deduce this shortened query would work for the JavaScript fetch. The resulting query output seems to a lot more data than would be ideal.

Ideally, only the top item would be returned.  There may be a way to adjust the query so only one item shows up.

By any chance, do you know of a way to do that?

The alternative is to call for a testID by it's individual number ... I'll try that ...

The shorted form above, with the exact name specified, delivered only one record.

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#2588 2022-10-13 09:38:55

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Re: Housekeeping

For SpaceNut re Potholes scan ...

The overnight run reached 151000 and only found 68 potholes ... that's a welcome drop from 208

Completed Sequence for ID: 151000


Total Command Lines found: 34
Total input Lines in script: 206

  Number of ID's processed: 1000

Starting Number: 150001

Last Number of Run: 151000

Summary for Web Automation Report for 10-13-2022 at 11:33:48
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:27
68 Skip Exceptions were recorded.

The actual pothole count is 69. Once again, the difference is due to the first cycle is a test cycle.
The first post was also a pothole. In fact, the first 43 posts were potholes.

Admin posts: 364

For details request file: WebRunlog_10-12-2022_21-51-50_78710-Potholes-151000

Today's run will try for 152000.

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#2589 2022-10-13 17:54:50

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Posts: 17,169

Re: Housekeeping

For SpaceNut re Potholes scan...

WBA reached 152000 with a Green screen ...

There were 64 potholes in this stretch, down from 68

Admin posts: 388

For details request file: WebRunlog_10-13-2022_12-07-38_43658-Potholes-152000

Tonight's run will try for 153000

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#2590 2022-10-14 06:39:33

tahanson43206
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Posts: 17,169

Re: Housekeeping

For SpaceNut re Potholes scan ...

WBA reached 153000 with a Green screen ...

Completed Sequence for ID: 153000


Total Command Lines found: 34
Total input Lines in script: 206

  Number of ID's processed: 1000

Starting Number: 152001

Last Number of Run: 153000

Summary for Web Automation Report for 10-14-2022 at 08:36:59
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:27
19 Skip Exceptions were recorded.

Admin posts: 487 <<== The Admins were really on a role during this period!

For detail request file:WebRunlog_10-13-2022_20-20-08_73208-Potholes-153000.txt

Today's run will try for 154000

FYI ... the email to the chap in Australia went out twice ... each time the confirmation emails failed for different reasons, so I've decided to just let you know here.

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#2591 2022-10-14 15:25:17

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Re: Housekeeping

For SpaceNut re Potholes scan ....

WBA just reached 154000 with a Green screen.

I am ** really ** impressed by Void's latest brainstorm in the geothermal topic he created.

32 potholes were found. Up from previous 19

Admin posts: 472

For details request file:WebRunlog_10-14-2022_09-09-37_32977-Potholes-154000.txt

Tonight's scan will try for 155000

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#2592 2022-10-15 07:01:03

tahanson43206
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Registered: 2018-04-27
Posts: 17,169

Re: Housekeeping

For SpaceNut re Potholes scan ...

Completed Sequence for ID: 155000

Total Command Lines found: 34
Total input Lines in script: 206

  Number of ID's processed: 1000

Starting Number: 154001

Last Number of Run: 155000

Summary for Web Automation Report for 10-15-2022 at 08:54:28
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:27
44 Skip Exceptions were recorded.

Admin posts: 453 (almost half the posts - impressive!)

For details request file: WebRunlog_10-14-2022_18-06-16_65176-Potholes-155000

Today's run will try for 156000

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#2593 2022-10-15 19:03:44

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Registered: 2004-07-22
Posts: 28,882

Re: Housekeeping

You have made it into 2019-03-27 and closing in to the end soon.

I did run the javascript from the last update

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#2594 2022-10-15 19:35:57

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Re: Housekeeping

For SpaceNut re #2593...

Thanks for testing the latest version of the TestID update utility.  I presume from your report that the system worked to your satisfaction, but I can't tell how thoroughly you tested it.   In the next phase, I'm planning/hoping to make the leap from 2008 to 2015, when the Fetch command/method was added to the system, along with related concepts such as "promise" and "await".

My tentative plan for tomorrow's work session is to try to cause FluxBB to deliver output from the Bans Table query. It appears (from Eloquent JavaScript) that there are two possibilities ... the data from the query could be requested as text, and i'll start there.  however, output can also be requested in something called 'JSON' format, which (I gather) is something like XML, which I have worked with. 

Meanwhile, I'm working on a script for the existing WBA program, to perform the same operation.  I'm hoping the two initiatives will run concurrently and produce comparable results.

***
Today's Pothole scan finished a few minutes ago.  it was a run to 156000.

Completed Sequence for ID: 156000


Total Command Lines found: 34
Total input Lines in script: 206

  Number of ID's processed: 1000

Starting Number: 155001

Last Number of Run: 156000

Summary for Web Automation Report for 10-15-2022 at 21:34:03
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:27
21 Skip Exceptions were recorded.

Admin posts: 394

For details request file: WebRunlog_10-15-2022_13-29-27_48567-Potholes-156000

Tonight's scan will try fro 157000

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#2595 2022-10-15 19:46:04

SpaceNut
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Posts: 28,882

Re: Housekeeping

Posted back in javascript topic.

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#2596 2022-10-15 20:23:31

tahanson43206
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Re: Housekeeping

For SpaceNut re #2595

Thanks!  that makes sense .... that command will be coded into the "Fetch" command tomorrowl

At the moment, I'm pestering poor little TestID11404. The script test is not yet working correctly, so I'll keep making adjustments until the record shows up.

I'm not doing updates at this point.

Update next day.... the script was failing because I had inserted a comma where it did not belong, and there are no diagnostics in that subsystem to report the error. The command simply fails.

With the comma removed, the script is now working so later today I'll add the mouse click to perform "Remove", and poor little TestID11404 should be elevated to a place of honor in the "member" showcase, ready for a NewMars member.

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#2597 2022-10-16 17:11:51

tahanson43206
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Posts: 17,169

Re: Housekeeping

For SpaceNut re Potholes scan ....

WBA reached 157000 today...

Completed Sequence for ID: 157000


Total Command Lines found: 34
Total input Lines in script: 206

  Number of ID's processed: 1000

Starting Number: 156001

Last Number of Run: 157000

Summary for Web Automation Report for 10-16-2022 at 18:58:17
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:26
72 Skip Exceptions were recorded.

72 potholes is more than the previous 21

Admin posts: 422

For details request file: WebRunlog_10-16-2022_08-47-32_31652-Potholes-157000

Tonight's run will try for 158000

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#2598 2022-10-16 17:58:39

tahanson43206
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Re: Housekeeping

For SpaceNut re TestID update script test:

Starting Sequence for ID: 11404
Smart Wait Address Retry Count = 0
Smart Wait Page Retry Count = 0
Starttext from Clipboard Row 2 in Step: 22
TestID11404
End of Text from Clipboard Row 2

Delay for long paste: 0 seconds
Starttext from Clipboard Row 1 in Step: 29
http://newmars.com/forums/admin_bans.ph … estID11404
End of Text from Clipboard Row 1

Smart Wait Address Retry Count = 0
Smart Wait Address Retry Count = 0
Starttext from Clipboard Row 2 in Step: 48
TestID11404
End of Text from Clipboard Row 2

Delay for long paste: 0 seconds
Smart Wait Address Retry Count = 0
Completed Sequence for ID: 11404

Based on this (apparently successful) test, i'll set WBA to upgrade TestID's 11405-11700

That will give the new script a decent work out, including providing data on run time.

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#2599 2022-10-16 18:42:51

SpaceNut
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Registered: 2004-07-22
Posts: 28,882

Re: Housekeeping

We still have this message in the profile of the number Updated 20210712 by moderator and it appears that the banned begin currently at 11474.

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#2600 2022-10-16 18:59:48

tahanson43206
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Re: Housekeeping

For SpaceNut re #2599

Thanks for taking a look at the updates as they are proceeding.

The current run is set to stop at 11700.

The procedure that put a message in the Profile was doing many steps to arrive at the banned TestID's we see today.

Part of that process included posting the date of the run in the Profile.

We can update the profile with current information when we prepare it for a new member.

At the rate we are going with new member admissions, I expect we'll have one per year, if we are lucky.

There will be plenty of time to post needed information in the Profile of the new member.

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