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Author Message   woodstock Supporter Username: Woodstock Post Number: 988 Registered: 9-2002 Posted on Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 4:41 pm:        Once in a while, I will see somone listed as the last poster in a thread, but when I go into it, there is no post by them (or they are no the last poster - nor in the last few posts). If I post, then delete the post, does the software still consider me the last poster?   Dave Supporter Username: Dave Post Number: 6321 Registered: 4-1997 Posted on Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 5:04 pm:        Yes, it will.   Tom Reingold Supporter Username: Noglider Post Number: 6705 Registered: 1-2003 Posted on Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 5:40 pm:        It sometimes reports this way because it seems to cache the name list for a while, even after new stuff is added to some threads or sections. Also, if someone posts to a sub-thread, a rarely used thing on MOL, that person appears to be the most recent poster to the top thread.   woodstock Supporter Username: Woodstock Post Number: 989 Registered: 9-2002 Posted on Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 9:59 pm:        Tom, what I've run into is this. Let's say I post to this thread. Then I delete my post after it shows in the list. It still lists me as the last poster, even if my post is no longer in the list So it might say Woodstock as the last poster, but there is not post by Woodstock in the thread.   Dave Supporter Username: Dave Post Number: 6329 Registered: 4-1997 Posted on Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 1:48 am:        The message board is generated as static pages, so it's not drawing the content for the top page or other pages through database calls. When a new post is made, the static page is re-created with the new info about poster and time. However, if a post is deleted, the page isn't re-created to roll back to the previous poster's info. It's a bug, or a feature.   mjc Citizen Username: Mjc Post Number: 520 Registered: 10-2004 Posted on Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 2:02 am:        "a bug, or a feature" time to sign off MC   snshirsch Citizen Username: Snshirsch Post Number: 358 Registered: 1-2003 Posted on Thursday, May 12, 2005 - 4:51 pm:        A friendly programmer recently pointed out to me that... there's no such thing as a bug, only undocumented features!