Digikey gone mad? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Skimask
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 26, 2015, 10:36:51 pm
content: Anyone else noticed that everything on Digikey's site is obsolete and can be programmed?For instance...

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 26, 2015, 10:46:20 pm
content: Quote from: Skimask on April 26, 2015, 10:36:51 pmLOL - I wonder what it can be programmed to do?

author: helius
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 26, 2015, 10:46:26 pm
content: Seems to be all right on this end...In your screenshot, the "Extended Price" column is also fubar.

author: Skimask
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 26, 2015, 10:54:21 pm
content: Hard rebooted the laptop, flushed the caches, etc.etc.etc.Tried with:Chrome 42.0.2311.90 mFirefox 36.0.4Same results.IE 11.0.9600.17728 seems to be the only one that's correct at the moment!Dafuq?

author: Artlav
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 26, 2015, 11:22:37 pm
content: Confirmed for me.From Chile.BUT, loading the same page on my server in Russia i get everything as expected, no weirdness.Huh?Is it americas specific?

author: dave_k
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 26, 2015, 11:35:46 pm
content: I noticed the same thing yesterday as well.All the parts I searched for on digikey.com.au were showing as obsolete.Searching for the exact same part number on digikey.com was OK.

author: suicidaleggroll
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 26, 2015, 11:47:41 pm
content: Working fine for me in the US on Google Chrome v42.0.2311.90 on Linux.

author: JBaughb
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 27, 2015, 01:05:43 am
content: Yeah, its been like this since at least yesterday. (USA, Safari & Chrome)

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 27, 2015, 01:55:07 am
content: Their nz site doesn't seem to be affected

author: ivan747
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 27, 2015, 02:08:58 am
content: These damned screws and their silly programming architectures. I invested so much time on my prototype and the bastards are already obsolete!

author: Skimask
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 27, 2015, 03:42:06 am
content: And now it's back to normal.Glad I wasn't just seeing things. Almost made me want to quit my day job...if I had a day job...if I really wanted to quit.

author: Paul Moir
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 27, 2015, 04:34:32 am
content: Quote from: ivan747 on April 27, 2015, 02:08:58 amAnd I thank god for small miracles: If I wanted a cross threading, outrageous pain when corroded fine thread I would have just ordered metric.

author: ivan747
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 28, 2015, 02:31:20 am
content: Quote from: Paul Moir on April 27, 2015, 04:34:32 amthese are actually quite expensiveP.S. Digi-Key is fixed on my side now

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 28, 2015, 07:07:18 pm
content: Quote from: Paul Moir on April 27, 2015, 04:34:32 amFunny, when I want a thread that is totally incompatible with any other, and which has so many varieties that almost match I use US sizes. If I want a screw that is available in almost every store here outside North America I use metric, as you get a well defined thread that will always mate, and which has good strength.

author: Mechanical Menace
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 28, 2015, 09:21:53 pm
content: Quote from: SeanB on April 28, 2015, 07:07:18 pmWhitworth FTW!!!onE1!

author: tom66
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 28, 2015, 09:33:11 pm
content: I'm guessing an employee did an UPDATE 'parts' query with no where clause ...I've done it before, thank god for backups.