Topic: Profile Update Help Please

[Ms.Pikmin]

I am having a problem with my profile.   I just want to change it to allow for private messages.  When I choose to allow and then click to update profile, I get an error message.  Am I doing something wrong or is there another problem?

I hope this is an okay place to ask this as I've sent a few emails but haven't had a response.

[RickPowers]

I'd need to know what the error message is, and what browser you're using.  I just did a test on my profile, and I'm not having a problem, so it may be something specific to your setup.

[Ms.Pikmin]

Thanks Rick.  Big doofus is me.  I switched over to Netscape and now all is well.  

[Grey Ninja]

You tried Firebird yet Ms. Pikmin?  Netscape and Mozilla Firebird are both based on the same code (Gecko), but Netscape is a whole lot slower, and I find that it's more buggy.  If you don't like Firebird for whatever reason, then I would advise going for Mozilla.  It's slower than Firebird, but it's more bug free.

[Ms.Pikmin]

I have downloaded Firebird but for some reason I cannot get it going.  I am a total dumb@$$ when it comes to computers so a friend is helping me figure out what is up.  Yeah, I agree Netscape stinks, but I only have IE and Netscape working at this time.

[Berny]

I'm having the same problem as Ms. Pikmin. I'm using IE 5.1 and the error message is this:
ODBC Error Code = 22005 (Error in assignment)

[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Invalid character value for cast specification


The error occurred while processing an element with a general identifier of (CFQUERY), occupying document position (220:14) to (220:104).
I'm no technical wiz and cannot make heads or tails of this. If you could help that would be great.

[Berny]

Is there anything else you need to know? For instance, would the fact that I'm running on Mac OS8.6 effect this?

[Grey Ninja]

Ms. Pikmin is on a Mac as well.  This will probably fix the problem.

[Grey Ninja]

Ms. Pikmin is on a Mac as well.  This will probably fix the problem.

[Berny]

DAMN! They only have it for OSX. Thanks anyways, Grey Ninja.

[Grey Ninja]

Well, I don't use enough about a Mac to know the difference, so I will just keep my mouth shut now...  I would try a different browser though.

[Ms.Pikmin]

Berny, as grey Ninja said, I do have a Mac.  For some reason on IE it was giving me that exact same error message you described above.  I also have Netscape on my computer so I just went to my profile while on Netscape and changed what I needed to and am back to using IE after that.  This is a lame solution but I as I said above I really am pretty stupid about computer stuff.  

[Berny]

That's just crazy enough to work. Thanks for the heads–up. I'm off to NETSCAPE LAND!

[Hostile Creation]

Eh, I don't get an error.  It's just not working.  I've been clicking for five minutes to no avail.  Well, off to click some more.

[Berny]

Oh my gosh. Thank you so much, GN. Mozilla works great. The perfect answer to all profile problems. Thanks again.  

[Grey Ninja]

No problem.    I'm glad that you don't have to use either IE or Netscape, as both of them are seriously lacking.  

[Ms.Pikmin]

Okay guys, yes it's been over a month since I was given the link to download Firebird but I just did it and now have a new problem.  

I'm on a Mac and when I did the download it went to my desktop.  The problem is that when I try to open it, it only gives me option of opening in Quicktime Player or Stuffit Expander.  Neither option is working.  

Does anyone know what I need to do?  

[Grey Ninja]

Well, I don't know how helpful I can be, as I am a PC user, and I don't plan on switching to, or even using a Macintosh in the foreseeable future if I can at all avoid it, but here goes.

It's in a .dmg.gz format.  The .gz is a compressed format, and stuffit should be able to decompress it for you.  Inside is a .dmg file.  I have never seen a .dmg file before, but I checked on it, and I have found that it seems to be a disk image... why you would need to load a disk image to use a browser is beyond me, but hey, Macs aren't meant to work in a logical manner.  

I found this that might help you out some though.  It's for OS9, but maybe you can figure out what they are talking about.  They seem to be talking about a whole lot of Mac specific stuff.  You seem to need something called Disk Copy, which I am guessing is bundled with your OS.

[robofish]

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Originally posted by: Berny
Is there anything else you need to know? For instance, would the fact that I'm running on Mac OS8.6 effect this?

8.6?!?!  Why?  I am on 10.2 and it rocks!  Mac OS v. 8 was the version I had the most trouble with.  We've been Apple people since the Apple II SE, but when OS 8 hit, we switched to PC.  Only recently have we gone back to Mac with OS X.