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Why can't i build my index?

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Why can't i build my index?
Hi, i was just wondering if anyone whows why i am getting the following error when i try to build my index. Thanks. A.J.Newby. webmaster@youradds.com

Links Manager: Building Pages
Building Pages
Pages built on 7-Aug-2000 at 05:03:22
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Backing up database . . .
Backup exists for today.. Skipping
Done.

Building URL Index . . .
Done.

Updating New and Popular Records . . .
What's New Cutoff: 14 days
Popular Cutoff: 2 hits

CGI ERROR
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Error Message : Error building! Links database is 0 bytes!
Script Location : nph-build.cgi
Perl Version : 5.00503

Form Variables
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Environment Variables
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DOCUMENT_ROOT : /home/webpages/userworld/htdocs/users/anewby
GATEWAY_INTERFACE : CGI/1.1
HTTP_ACCEPT : image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, application/x-comet, application/vnd.ms-excel, application/msword, */*
HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING: gzip, deflate
HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE: en-gb
HTTP_CONNECTION : Keep-Alive
HTTP_COOKIE : DCProtectSessionID=398e6c5552ec9636
HTTP_HOST : ace.upyour.com
HTTP_REFERER : http://ace.upyour.com/links/cgi-bin/admin/admin.cgi?display=navigation
HTTP_USER_AGENT : Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98; DigExt)
PATH : /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
QUERY_STRING :
REMOTE_ADDR : 62.252.164.16
REMOTE_PORT : 1992
REQUEST_METHOD : GET
REQUEST_URI : /links/cgi-bin/admin/nph-build.cgi
SCRIPT_FILENAME : /home/webpages/userworld/htdocs/users/anewby/links/cgi-bin/admin/nph-build.cgi
SCRIPT_NAME : /links/cgi-bin/admin/nph-build.cgi
SERVER_ADMIN : webmaster@useractive.com
SERVER_NAME : ace.upyour.com
SERVER_PORT : 80
SERVER_PROTOCOL : HTTP/1.1
SERVER_SOFTWARE : Apache/1.3.6 (Unix)


Everything else seems to work except the builing option. Any ideas? Please!!!!

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Re: Why can't i build my index? In reply to
Hi

You have nothing to build!

You need to create a category and a link, and then build.

Good Luck
DavyC