Warning prompt when writing a reply

• as_1234

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  February 10, 2023 at 6:41 pm

  #4148196

  When I wrote this reply https://www.sqlservercentral.com/forums/topic/sql-server-database-redunduncy#post-4148195 and pressed submit I got an error "Are you sure you want to do that?"

  I could be missing the obvious but I'm not sure why the website queried my post? Possibly it's looking at language and it thought my post had a negative tone to it? Unless I'm missing the obvious could the error message be improved to advise the reason?

  I think it's quite a while since I last replied to or created a new topic so it could relate to that.

  Thanks

• Jeff Moden

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  February 10, 2023 at 7:56 pm

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  as_1234 wrote:

  When I wrote this reply https://www.sqlservercentral.com/forums/topic/sql-server-database-redunduncy#post-4148195 and pressed submit I got an error "Are you sure you want to do that?"

  I could be missing the obvious but I'm not sure why the website queried my post? Possibly it's looking at language and it thought my post had a negative tone to it? Unless I'm missing the obvious could the error message be improved to advise the reason?

  I think it's quite a while since I last replied to or created a new topic so it could relate to that.

  Thanks

  I've found (although not 100% sure) that happens if someone else has posted on the same thread while you're typing your post and haven't submitted it, yet.

  With that, I make the recommendation to ALWAYS copy 'n' paste your reply to notepad or MS word or whatever prior to hitting the go-button on any and all posts.  It also happens on other sites for different reasons and, so, it's now a de facto practice for me to do so on every site... and it has saved me a lot of time to do so... especially on large posts.

  --Jeff Moden

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