Hardware problems at the datacentre hosting the PL/SQL Challenge site led to three hours of downtime, from approximately 6 PM Perth, Australia time to 9 PM. Well, that's where I (Steven Feuerstein) am right now, so that is my point of reference....
We apologize for any inconvenience. Our policy is to void the quiz if it is unavailable for four or more hours, so the quiz is still on for today.
Regards, Steven
The PL/SQL Challenge (www.plsqlchallenge.com) offers a daily quiz on the PL/SQL language, through which thousands of Oracle technologists demonstrate and deepen their knowledge of PL/SQL. This blog contains posts by the PL/SQL Challenge founder, Steven Feuerstein, as well as comments from players.
If a quiz is voided for a day, does it count as a 'no question day', a 'nobody answered the question day' or a 'everybody got zero for that question on that day'.
ReplyDeleteJust wondering how it gets incorporated into the ten days for the forgiveness policy. Unusual cases like that tend to be forgotten in testing.
Excellent question, Gary. I expect that what I will do when I "void" a day is actually to treat everyone the same: that is, everyone played and gets credit. I have tested the site and backend enough to know that it doesn't handle "gaps" in quizzes well at all, and I haven't found the time to sort it out. Fortunately, this is all currently hypothetical and hopefully it will stay that way. :-)
ReplyDeleteAh the realities of building and maintaining software applications with very minimal resources.
Regards, SF