error in Perseus

[Constantinus Philo]

when there is a bug in the Perseus library is it forever or are they gonna fix it? I have been reading Cyropaedia, and the second chapter of the second book is now unavailable online. Hos to ask them to fix it?

[jeidsath]

I've found that most Perseus bugs are forever or equivalent. However, 2.2 seems up to me.

But may I suggest: Xen. Cyrop. 2.2

[paveln]

This is OK:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/tex ... ection%3D1

[Constantinus Philo]

no, it is not viewable on my pc.

[paveln]

no, it is not viewable on my pc.

It didn't show up for me at first either, but then I clicked on various links and it started showing up.
I think it started working after clicking on the left:
View text chunked by: chapter

[jeidsath]

This is OK:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/tex ... ection%3D1

That link does not work for me. I have to correct it to the following: Xen. Cyrop. 2.2.1

[Constantinus Philo]

yes this link works but from the perseus website it does not, why?

[jeidsath]

You got me curious. The bug is a server-side 500 error, which is hard to diagnose from our side.

But not impossible.

To trigger the bug:

1. Go to Xen. Cyrop. 2.1.1 in an incognito window on your browser

2. Click the chapter 2 link at either the top or the side. Note "An Error Occurred Page"

To avoid the bug:

1. Go to Xen. Cyrop. 2.1.1 in an incognito window on your browser

2. Click "View text chunked by:" -> chapter

3. Click the chapter 2 link at either the top or the side. No error.

What's happening? I suspect that there is a cookie lookup (why though? a tracker?) on Xen. Cyrop. 2.2.1. If you go to the page without cookies set in your browser (ie., an incognito window, or using something like Tor), you'll hit the error page.

Workarounds:

* Click something to generate a cookie. Ie., "View text chunked by:" -> chapter

* Use "search" link format, as in my good link above: Xen. Cyrop. 2.2.1

* Read a PDF of the OCT version, and leave Perseus behind forever.

[Constantinus Philo]

it has already happened several times to me while reading Cyr.