Can't access WOW site

[PaulMy]

Before I read these reply posts this morning I checked the site and thought I'd destroyed it

Server Error in '/' Application.

The database 'mo-wow-prod' has reached its size quota. Partition or delete data, drop indexes, or consult the documentation for possible resolutions.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: The database 'mo-wow-prod' has reached its size quota. Partition or delete data, drop indexes, or consult the documentation for possible resolutions.

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace:


[SqlException (0x80131904): The database 'mo-wow-prod' has reached its size quota. Partition or delete data, drop indexes, or consult the documentation for possible resolutions.]
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection, Action`1 wrapCloseInAction) +2555926
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection, Action`1 wrapCloseInAction) +5959200
System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndWarning(TdsParserStateObject stateObj, Boolean callerHasConnectionLock, Boolean asyncClose) +285
System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.TryRun(RunBehavior runBehavior, SqlCommand cmdHandler, SqlDataReader dataStream, BulkCopySimpleResultSet bulkCopyHandler, TdsParserStateObject stateObj, Boolean& dataReady) +4169
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.FinishExecuteReader(SqlDataReader ds, RunBehavior runBehavior, String resetOptionsString, Boolean isInternal, Boolean forDescribeParameterEncryption, Boolean shouldCacheForAlwaysEncrypted) +255

All be safe!
Paul

[HansR]

@Paul: Enjoy

[freddie]

I don't see use of a system which only asks but gives nothing.

I don't need it in one go, I just need a method to extract the data other than manual selection through the screen.

WOW was designed to store PWS data and make it available to others through the website UI. An API was not part of the design.
Perhaps it will be replaced by another system at some point that meets your requirements.
At the moment you are asking the equivalent of, say, using your car to move furniture from one house to another.

KNMI does not deliver automated data extraction for the PWSs either.

That is because it is the same system.

[HansR]

I guess it will lead to me stopping to supply data to WOW.

HansR, could it be that it not currently manned due to the Covid-19 lockdown and people having to work from home? That certainly is the situation in the UK, not sure about Netherlands.

In NL I am trying to get in touch with the KNMI a bit longer than that and even when COVID-19 broke out, the email exchange continued (without relevant WOW contact)
In the UK I just recently had mailcontact and despite COVID-19 I got a friendly mail back saying my mail was forwarded to the relevant responsible person.

In both cases I think COVID-19 has nothing to do with it. We work differently now, but the world has not come to a total standstill.
Could have been though

[HansR]

At the moment you are asking the equivalent of, say, using your car to move furniture from one house to another.

Which could be done if I had a car.

That is because it is the same system.

I know.

I understand the current status of the system.
I want to talk with them about what I want to do, why and what I need.
Why is that impossible?
Don't talk technique, talk human.

[freddie]

I want to talk with them about what I want to do, why and what I need.
Why is that impossible?

It's not impossible. But you are unlikely to get an answer from a team that supports an existing system that does not do what you want it to do. In the Met Office they have a contact us page with a variety of methods of passing on your ideas and getting a response. KNMI offer the same.

I recommend this book.

[HansR]

It's not impossible. But you are unlikely to get an answer from a team that supports an existing system that does not do what you want it to do. In the Met Office they have a contact us page with a variety of methods of passing on your ideas and getting a response. KNMI offer the same.

I never contacted a team, I asked a question and to get in touch with somebody who could answer.

I recommend this book.

Don't know what your impression of me is but that book is not for me

[PaulMy]

@Ray/Freddie your calls are answered, back to updating https://wow.metoffice.gov.uk/observatio ... yyb96scwgc

Seems like some past data is not there. Wonder if that takes away my past Gold Awards

Enjoy,
Paul

[RayProudfoot]

@PaulMy, excellent, thanks. Just goes to show they still have an interest in WOW.

I still have my 8 gold gongs.

[PaulMy]

Mine were lost/hidden or just couldn't find them, but now all Golden Awards since Nov 2013...

Enjoy,
Paul

[HansR]

@freddie:
Just to inform you, I did get a response and have been given some limited access to an API.
So, one step completed