"Views" column has stopped counting!?!

[Gordon Werner]

Hey there ...

recently my views column on the forum display page has stopped counting so all threads constantly read "0 views".

does anyone have and idea why this might have happened? and what I might do to solve the problem?

I am currently running v.2.2.6 and nothing has changed as far as the setup for over a year (with the exception being the upgrade to 2.2.6 (but I know that wasn't the problem))

Thanks in advance

Gordon

[Scott MacVicar]

Upload repair.php from the extras folder and run it twice in your browser, see if that sorts the problem.

If not then you may find that shutdown queries have been disabled, you will need to open /admin/functions.php and change

$noshutdownfunc = 0; 

to

$noshutdownfunc = 1; 

and upload the file again.

[Gordon Werner]

ok ...

so the repair script ....

if I type repair.php?check=1&iterations=2&forum=<DBNAME>

the page just reloads and sits there ... doesn't do anything.

Changing the value of the variable in admin/functions.php to "1" ... well it is now working again ... views is counting like it should.

My question is ... what went bad, that requires me to change that variable to "1"?

basically ... what is going on in the code?

Thanks

Gordon

[Scott MacVicar]

your host has disabled shut down functions by the sound of it.