[LINK] eCensus seems to be choking on the load

Kim Holburn kim at holburn.net
Tue Aug 8 15:57:20 AEST 2006


My mail client has gone strange and I didn't see this until I went to  
the archives.

I just logged onto the ecensus site and went through some of it  
without a problem.

On Tue Aug 8 at 10:27:47 anthony hornby wrote:
> Hi,
> thought I'd report on using the eCensus on the actual day.
> I have been attempting to complete this this morning and have had five
> failed attempts to progress through the form so far. Total time so far
> estimated at 1.5 hours.
>
> 5 x "404 page not found" messages on submit with loss of all data in
> that section.
>
> Wait several minutes of retrying before you get in again between each
> "404".
>
> I am now stuck on this error message.
> "Error: Logon failed (code 570). Please wait 30 minutes and try again.
> If you continue to receive this message, please call the Census  
> Inquiry
> Service on 1300 651 181 and quote error message number 570 to the
> Customer Service Representative."
>
> Looks like those that predicted it wouldn't handle the load are  
> bang on
> the money. Perhaps this was designed by the same lot that designed the
> new customs management software at the ports <grin>.
>
> Ok, that should have wasted enough time .... back to try and log in
> again <sigh>.
>
> Sometimes you should just stick with the paper version.
>

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