# Did I break something? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 19, 2001, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-break-something/62601 "2001-04-19T23:00:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2001, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-break-something/62601/1 "2001-04-19T23:00:59Z")
Dear Lynn or Tuba: Fifty lashes with a wet noodle for me! I was in the Pit looking at the first page of that “Why are Gays posting in “non Gay” threads?” train wreck, and hit the “\>\>\>last page” button at the bottom of page one. I got the following message: > [@](#): > > Warning: 1 is not a MySQL result index in admin/db\_mysql.php on line 82 > > Warning: Oops, php3\_SetCookie called after header has been sent in global.php on line 727 > > Warning: Oops, php3\_SetCookie called after header has been sent in global.php on line 734 > > Warning: The length of the needle must not be 0 in global.php on line 69 I didn’t know I had a needle, or that it’s lenght was 0. I’ve apparently caused an “Oops”! This concerns me in a deep, emotional way. What I need to know, however is: should I be concerned that my needle’s length is 0? Should I consult an astrologer about it? A phrenologist? Have my crop-circles read? Signed, Confused-in-the-Pit-Fenris (Actually, I just wanted to let Jerry or whoever know about this, in case it’s not a random board-burp.) ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2001, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-break-something/62601/2 "2001-04-20T02:39:03Z")
Now you understand why they came up with that acronym for **O** bject **O** riented **P** rogramming **S** ystems! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2001, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-break-something/62601/3 "2001-04-20T06:19:31Z")
Looks like something got misread by the server, causing a garbage request to be sent to the database software. I’m going to guess that you should be fine with a refresh. That’s what I do when I get error messages like that. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2001, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-break-something/62601/4 "2001-04-20T08:07:15Z")
That happens sometimes when the database gets really bogged down. It stops responding, and then the vBulletin software spits out a bunch of errors. I get that sometimes when trying to load threads, stupidly, in the middle of the day. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2001, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-break-something/62601/5 "2001-04-20T15:30:14Z")
This isn’t, by any chance, a really long thread? Like, 500 replies or so? I seem to recall that that would give similar symptoms. ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2001, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-break-something/62601/6 "2001-04-20T17:18:42Z")
Yeah, you broke something **Fenris**. It’s expensive too. Go and get your chequebook, bucko.