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:8p...@anjo.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 9:16 AM To: apbid...@mailaps.org Cc: Alan; amsat-bb@amsat.org 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: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On > Behalf Of Gus > Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 11:20 PM > To: amsat-bb@amsat.org > 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. > -- 73, de Gus 8P6SM Barbados, the easternmost isle. _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
