[OSM-talk] API Stalement (was: Errors on the API)

[Andy Robinson]

>From what I could gather from Steve yesterday the server does log the calls,
perhaps the db queries rather than the API calls specifically?

Cheers,

Andy

Andy Robinson
Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-
>bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Etienne
>Sent: 08 June 2006 11:27
>To: Immanuel Scholz; talk at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] API Stalement (was: Errors on the API)
>
>On 6/8/06, Immanuel Scholz <immanuel.scholz at gmx.de> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> > No, I don't get a connection reset.  I get NOTHING.  I can wait an
>> > hour or more and still get nothing - the socket connection still
>> > appears to be open, just the server isn't saying anything.
>>
>> JOSM has an 15 Seconds Timeout for connecting to the OSM server, but has
>> no timeout for the open connection if no data arrive.
>>
>> The OSM server take almost all time in the preparing of the data and if
>it
>> fails for any reason,
>
>If it fails for any reason then if it could be made to close the
>connection at least JOSM could tell that it was waiting for nothing.
>
>What happens on the server if an API call fails?  Does it try to close
>the connection?  Does it log anything anywhere?  Can anyone see those
>logs?
>
>
>
>>it is after the connection has been established but
>> before any response data is sent. In this case, the server seem to not
>> send anything forever.
>>
>>
>> The 5 Minutes Timeout observed is usually from the client side (or an
>> proxy, e.g. your ISP between). You can verify this with any sniffer, e.g.
>> "Ethereal".
>>
>> Many operating systems have a timeout for connections to free allocated
>> but staled TCP ports and handles. It looks like your system has no
>> timeout, so both - the server and you are refusing to send any data. ;-(
>>
>>
>> The steps I'd like to take to solve this forever are:
>> - Fixing the server to send a correct timestamp for all objects
>(currently
>> missing timestamp for ways). This is a prerequisite for the ability to
>mix
>> up data from different data sources (BUT which came from the same
>original
>> server!)
>> - Setting up a dedicated server that serves read-only map requests.
>> - The dedicated server runs little-osm, which has no memory increase for
>> larger areas and start delivering the data as soon as the connection
>> starts (no prepare-step necessary)
>> - getting JOSM to upload to a different server than downloading.
>>
>> Ciao, Imi
>>
>>
>>
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