Dear PL/SQL Challenge Players,
I made a very big mistake today, and the result is that many of you could not play Monday's quiz.
I switched to maintenance mode at 15:00 to fix a bug, but then neglected to return to normal mode of play.
Then, seeing as I am in Taos, NM, I left the world of computers behind for Bandelier National Monument, an amazing place....but as a result, I did not notice that so many of you were notifying me of a problem with the site.
My deepest apologies. We will have to void the results for Monday's quiz.
I will change the site so that maintenance mode is always turned off after a period of time, so that if I happen to forget again, the site will correct itself.
Steven Feuerstein
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.
Hello Steven,
ReplyDeleteI was continuously waiting for the site to come back since 19:00 up to 01:30 the next day
(our local time), and, for the first time
since 01-OCT-2010 I could not play the quiz.
Now, I wake up at 05:30 in the morning to check the site, and to my amazement, there are results
for yesterday's quiz :) :) :) :)
I do hope that this day will be cancelled,
which is very unfortunate, but still not fair
not to do it !
This case, just like the previous one last week,
just invites again the same proposal that I made many times in the past, to leave the quiz open for an additional day if such "events" happen.
I still think this could be the best solution,
to leave everybody happy.
Thanks a lot & Best Regards,
Iudith
at 05:45 in the morning