Last modified: 2006-05-09 00:13:00 UTC
I was creating the page http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cnot_gate&redirect=no as a redirect, and the previewed it to make sure that I had typed the name of the page to redirect to correctly. When I hit "save changes," the browser did nothing for about 30-45 seconds, and then generated this error message: A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted database query was: (SQL query hidden) from within function "oaiUpdatePage". MySQL returned error "1213: Deadlock found when trying to get lock; Try restarting transaction (10.0.0.2)". I was simultaneously creating another redirect to the same page, in a different tab of the same window of mozilla firefox 1.0.5.3, although I did not preview that one. That page also hung for about 30-45 seconds, and then completed sucessfully. My internet connection has been flaking out recently, forcing me to periodically "repair" my wireless connection. I suspect that it is due to the fact that it is exam time, and everybody (including me) is using the wireless in the college library.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 1274 ***