[Jenta]

i did go back to that
but no matter what i try i get an error

analyze it a sec
why are we taking the last id number subtracting the first id number then subtracting how many you want displayed

if your last id is lets say 180
your first id is 50
and u want to display only 20

we are doing this...
180
+50
230 is the sum

230
-20
210 is the sum

there is no shoudid with 210 and thats what is causing the errors i believe
the last one is 180

all u need it the last number(180) and subtract 20
that gives u 160
any shout with an id higher than 160 will be displayed

im not blaming you
the idea of doing that calculation came from my friend

you only tried to make something that doesnt really make sense work

thanks to you and marco i also came up with a better cron job
ill see about adding all this to the shoutbox thread and giving you guys all the credit

deleteshouts.php

PHP Code:

<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

if (!is_object($DB_site))
{
    exit;
}
$lastshoutid = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT MAX(shoutid) AS max FROM shoutbox_posts"); 
$DB_site->query("DELETE FROM shoutbox_posts WHERE shoutid < ($lastshoutid[max] - 30)");

log_cron_action('Old Shouts Deleted', $nextitem);

?>

change 30 to whatever u want and run it once a week or whatever
so long ancient shouts!