> > Is anyone else getting the error,
"Could not select
> > database wikidb"? I've
> > been getting this on a number of different pages
> > since last night, and it
> > has since spread. I can't even access the main page
> > now. What's going on?
> It has been going on and off the whole day on
several
> wikis. See on meta
>
http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bug_reports Agreed. This problem has been happening for the
last 16 hours at
least. I
have been unable to make any contributions as a
result.
We don't have a fix yet, but here's an ugly workaround and
a possible clue to the cause: I too was getting the error at
work using I.E., but not using Lynx, and not from home using
Galeon. I cleared I.E.'s browser cache, and now I.E. is
working too (though I had to log in again because I deleted
the cookie as well).
Got the above using Netscape 4 on a diskless box (Linux thinclient)
without any local cache. After hitting Reload the correct page
showed up.
regards,
jeluf