I've been trying to run a mass update on my database. Every so often (say 20 - 30 movies) IMDB kicks out an error (usually a 503) and a pop-up stops the update until I respond. No problem, I go to silent mode and don't have to respond.
The problem is that the errors still occur, so some records don't get updated. Again, no problem (I thought) since there is a last modified timestamp. What I noticed however, is that the modified field doesn't get updated when running the IMDB plug-in. This makes it difficult to figure out what records have been updated, and which ones have not. Manually checking 2500 movies is a tad cumbersome.
Assuming there isn't already something I can do, but haven't thought of (Rick, are 'ya there bud?) it would be nice if there was an 'error retry' option in the preferences so I could specify how many times to retry, and maybe even a delay time. That would probably fix the issue with the errors, but in the case of a site going down while I'm updating, it would be nice to have some kind of record (ie. modified date or an error log) that I could refer to.
Hoping this makes sense. Work around suggestions would be greatly appreciated.