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How to find older threads?
Older links to OTN that link to pages with /thread/ still work
--https://community.oracle.com/thread/3560274
becomes
But links with /message/ no longer work
--https://community.oracle.com/message/9932503 (Won't work, but I could find it using Google because I had additional information.)
Since the search does not work and the title is not always specific, it is hard to find the content. Is there a way to find it using the link information?
Marcus
Answers
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Timo Hahn Senior Principal Technical Consultant - Oracle ACE Director Member, Moderator Posts: 36,894 Red DiamondThe '.../message/...' means that you are looking for a private message to yourself or which you sent?
If yes, where is google pointing to?
Are the old private messages still available?
Timo
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I don't know what the difference between message and thread was.
the /message/ link from above is most likely this thread:
https://community.oracle.com/tech/developers/discussion/3600329/join-multiple-versioned-tables
To me there is no visible difference
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Timo Hahn Senior Principal Technical Consultant - Oracle ACE Director Member, Moderator Posts: 36,894 Red Diamond
OK, now I get it.
I guess the difference bewteen thread and message is, that 'message' points to an answer inside a thread and 'thread' is the whole thread (in the old jive software).
It looks like the migration took the thread id and assigned the same id as part of the new discussion. The answers were added to the new discussions without such a mapping.
If I'm right, I don't see how links to answers inside a thread can be reconstructed. This would be really bad. I'm sure there are many links in blogs or bookmark lists of users pointing to specific answers in old threads.
Timo
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Hi Timo,
If this contribution is meant to be a kind of apology, it is very well hidden...
It is a tragedy that such a renowned organization is so bumbling and short-sighted in such a migration.
Sorry, can't be more gently.
Regards
Andre
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Timo Hahn Senior Principal Technical Consultant - Oracle ACE Director Member, Moderator Posts: 36,894 Red Diamond
Where do you read something about an apology?
It isn't. I don't know what to apologize for. I'm not an Oracle employee and have nothing to do with the migration. All I try to do is to analyze the problem in detail.
Timo
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Hi Tmo,
so you did not want to apologize on behalf of Oracle. That reassures me, because I would have found that strange.
What worries me is that nobody from Oracle says anything about this hint and the questions.
This is not the only post where this is the case.
So why do people like you have to do this job?
Unfortunately I have the impression that the whole thing (Transition Feedback Thread) here is like writing letters to Santa Claus. And if there is actually an answer, it is often just a egging around.
Regards
Andre
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Hi Andre,
Timo is a Community Moderator, he's part of a team of volunteers who help answer questions and move, redirect and remove posts that don't belong in our areas. While a volunteer, Timo or any of the moderators do not speak for Oracle, nor should their answers be taken as official Oracle responses. They're here to help and are valuable assets in our community.
If you're looking for someone official, then look no further, what can I help you with today?
Best,
Jim Finch
Community Experience Manager
System Admin
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Hi,
there are so many things bad and worse with this "new" forum.
So many (also commonly known and communitywide accepted persons) said and wrote so much.
I won't repeat none of them. I do think, if you want to know these criticisms you will find them for sure.
Only this - what I found right now.
Why is my name gone and where and how can I make it appear to other users again? - And I really don't want to know why it's gone suddenly...
Regards
Andre (that's my name)
I do not want to be addressed with a number...:
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Hi Andre,
there's an article in KB:
community.oracle.com/tech/apps-infra/kb/articles/26-change-my-display-name
HTH, Phil
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Hio Phil,
well what I see there *is*:
However, this display name is not shown in the forum...
And now?
Regards
Andre
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It might take a bit (Batchläufe sind lahm) to be taken over into the communities. Just wait until tomorrow. If it doesn't change, we'll ping Jim.
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@Jim Finch-Oracle : Any idea why Andre`s new user name doesn't show up?
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No, no, that's *not* right.
This username (display name) is used by me for many, many years.
However, it is no longer displayed.
I think this happened sometime during this week, but I can't give an exact date.
(Maybe this info helps with troubleshooting.)
Regards
Andre
