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22-Jan-19 21:29

I've been trying to post a solution to this: {"Object reference not set to an instance of an object."}[^] for an hour or so, and every time I do, it looks like it worked:

But refresh the page and it's gone again:

I've lost count of how many times I've pressed the "Submit" button now. It's not a huge problem for me with this particular question as it's a "boilerplate" answer - but I'f I'd spent half an hour typing a new and complicated answer I'd be well annoyed (and that happened to me a couple of times last week)

[edit]
Interestingly, this one: Why is it showing wrong answer?[^] went through on the first try.
But the original link is still not accepting my answers.
I've tried with Edge, Chrome, and on two different PCs with the same results.
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modified 23-Jan-19 3:47am.

Matthew Dennis23-Jan-19 4:40

23-Jan-19 4:40

This is going to be an interesting one to debug.
I can't reproduce it, and the error logs don't show anything obvious.

I suspect the hamsters got distracted counting up all your points and fell asleep.
I'll wake them up and ask them what's going on.

Could you try again to create an answer to this question, just to see if it is something specific to you or the time of day.

"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."

OriginalGriff23-Jan-19 4:48

23-Jan-19 4:48

Just did - and same result.
I've been trying it off-and-on all morning in case it "comes alive"

Can you post an answer, or is it just me? I'm not having problems with any other questions today ...

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Matthew Dennis23-Jan-19 4:53

23-Jan-19 4:53

I tried just a few minutes ago without any issue. I deleted it after I confirmed that it had taken.

So it's just you, and just this question? That should narrow it down.

"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."

OriginalGriff23-Jan-19 5:08

23-Jan-19 5:08

Seems to be: I just tried a test answer to this one: Number of triplets with same edge color in complete graph[^] and it "took" fine.
Another try with the original and it didn't "take". Only difference I noticed was that the failed attempt was quick: there was a noticeable delay when the answer took, and very little when it didn't.
I'd expect a delay: Send data to you, check if it's already there, feed it to the spam filter, hand off to database, update page. This was quick - not instant, but noticeably quicker.

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Matthew Dennis23-Jan-19 5:13

23-Jan-19 5:13

Interesting.

The answer is submitted with an AJAX call to our servers.
Could you use the browser dev tools or Fiddler to capture the request and response for this call and any retries.

The fact it is responding from quickly means that there is a problem and we are returning OK, or we aren't handling an error response properly.

Thanks for you help.

Damn I hate problems that you can't reproduce.

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OriginalGriff23-Jan-19 5:38

23-Jan-19 5:38

You want the HAR file?
Dropbox - www.codeproject.com.har[^]
(Can't upload it to CP Uploads, it rejects the file type, even zipped. Sigh | :sigh:

)

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Matthew Dennis23-Jan-19 6:01

23-Jan-19 6:01

Thank you very much.

"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."

Matthew Dennis23-Jan-19 6:34

23-Jan-19 6:34

Ok, I think I've found the issue and will muddle through to determine how the impossible is happening.

"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."

OriginalGriff23-Jan-19 6:46

23-Jan-19 6:46

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Matthew Dennis23-Jan-19 10:08

23-Jan-19 10:08

This is getting interesting.
This question was actually posted twice.
The one you answered was {"Object reference not set to an instance of an object."} and has your answer.

The reason that you could post to the latest one is probably due to a bug in our duplicate answer checker. This is used to prevent Spam and posting twice due to network errors and retries.

I'll figure it this one out.

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Richard Deeming23-Jan-19 11:14

Richard Deeming

23-Jan-19 11:14

Matthew@work wrote:
This question was actually posted twice.

Are you sure? As far as I can see, it's the same problem from the same user, but with two different code blocks, posted almost a week apart.

It's essentially the same question, but not an exact duplicate. Smile | :)

Edit: It's also not the first time that user has posted two almost-identical questions, without trying to apply the solution from one to the almost identical problem from the other:
Cannot implicitly convert type 'int' to 'bool'[^]
Cannot implicitly convert type 'int' to 'byte'. An explicit conversion exists (are you missing a cast?[^]

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OriginalGriff24-Jan-19 19:50

how to delete this account ?

24-Jan-19 19:50

Just so you know ... I still can't post a "real" solution to it, even if I add contemt at teh end to make it different from any other.
But ...

Quote:
See the comment - this is a test to see if totally original content can be posted ...

posted OK as "Solution 3".
I deleted it afterwards.

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User 1371373221-Jan-19 21:18

User 13713732

21-Jan-19 21:18

please iwant to delete this account

Re: how to delete this account ?

Richard Deeming22-Jan-19 0:39

Richard Deeming

22-Jan-19 0:39

Instructions are here:
CodeProject Member FAQ - How do I cancel my membership?[^]

Also nicely summarised here:
Re: Please Stop my account[^]

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Cant click "Insider News" or "The Weird & Wonderful" links in the top menu

James_Parsons17-Jan-19 4:38

James_Parsons

17-Jan-19 4:38

When I hover over them, the cursor changes to the I-beam and I can only select text, clicking does nothing. All other links in that menu seem to work and I can access those particular boards from the side menu.

Something strange happening in QA

Richard MacCutchan17-Jan-19 3:00

Richard MacCutchan

17-Jan-19 3:00

I have twice posted a Solution in I need you, r assistance in understanding this piece of code?[^], but it keeps disappearing. On the second attempt it first showed the answer as posted twice, but on refreshing they had both vanished again. I suspect aliens, or drunken hamsters.

Re: Something strange happening in QA

OriginalGriff17-Jan-19 10:55