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I have been unable to access a particular website for over a week now. The website is www.britishblades.com. I get a "database error" message everytime I try to access it? Not sure if this is a problem with the web site or the settings on my computer. (a mid 2011 iMac). A couple of years ago I had the same problem, except the error message was "Safari cannot find the server". I was directed to go to my DNS settings? and add another server and that worked. Could this problem be similar?
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If it's your computer, it's mine too. I clicked your link and got the same error.

The problem is with the website.
 
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Thanks KevinJS, I guess all I can do is to wait and keep trying.
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The same thing just hit a Canadian site I use and had been connected to and using until I did a page refresh:
http://www.ehmac.ca

Some sort of server bug making some rounds…???





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The site in question is having the issue. From a very quick glance at the error, it is an online forum site that is owned / operated by VerticalScope (yes, the company that owns over 1000 online communities and was hacked earlier this year) and there's something broken between the web code and the back-end database that stores all of the site's information / content.
 
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britishblades.com is working again as of now.
 
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Thank you to everyone who took the time to check this out and post. The British Blades forum is back up and running normally.
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