I changed the design at the top of an asset tree and expected it to flow down (I chose 'new' rather than 'override'). The effective design on the parent is the new design, but the effective design on the children is the same as before.
I left my computer to run the HIPO and saw this in the error log, can't be sure it's related…
[codebox] 11:17:30 - 19 Jun
User: Rachel Macdonald (794)
Level: MySource Error
(/core/include/locale_manager.inc:505) - [ASSERT EXCEPTION] DB Error: unknown error
Raw Entry: UPDATE
Raw Entry: sq_hipo_job
Raw Entry: SET
Raw Entry: hipo_vars = 'a:9:{s:12:"current_step";i:0;s:12:"percent_done";d:10.7200000000000006394884621840901672840118408203125;s:15:"initialise_mode";s:3:"web";s:12:"running_mode";s:6:"server";s:7:"aborted";b:0;s:13:"server_taskid";s:32:"76a2d6b2997e87fdfae78992dbb4a313";s:7:"message";s:0:"";s:7:"job_dir";s:37:"/core/hipo/jobs";s:6:"errors";a:0:{}}',
Raw Entry: options = 'a:2:{s:15:"on_complete_url";s:153:"/_admin/?SQ_BACKEND_PAGE=main&backend_section=am&am_section=edit_asset&assetid=275&asset_ei_screen=settings&sq_link_path=,0,43,581&sq_asset_path=1,43,275";s:13:"auto_complete";b:1;}',
Raw Entry: steps = 'a:1:{i:0;a:8:{s:4:"name";s:16:"Updating Lookups";s:13:"function_call";a:1:{s:16:"process_function";s:14:"processLookups";}s:12:"running_mode";s:6:"server";s:9:"auto_step";b:1;s:12:"allow_cancel";b:1;s:12:"percent_done";d:10.7221006564551419870667814393527805805206298828125;s:8:"complete";b:0;s:
Raw Entry: [19-Jun-2008 11:17:30] PHP Fatal error: [ASSERT EXCEPTION] DB Error: unknown error<br/>UPDATE
Raw Entry: sq_hipo_job
Raw Entry: SET
Raw Entry: hipo_vars = 'a:9:{s:12:"current_step";i:0;s:12:"percent_done";d:10.7200000000000006394884621840901672840118408203125;s:15:"initialise_mode";s:3:"web";s:12:"running_mode";s:6:"server";s:7:"aborted";b:0;s:13:"server_taskid";s:32:"76a2d6b2997e87fdfae78992dbb4a313";s:7:"message";s:0:"";s:7:"job_dir";s:37:"/home/websites/holroyd/core/hipo/jobs";s:6:"errors";a:1:{i:0;a:3:{s:4:"time";i:1213838250;s:7:"message";s:1010:"[ASSERT EXCEPTION] DB Error: unknown error
Raw Entry: UPDATE
Raw Entry: sq_hipo_job
Raw Entry: SET
Raw Entry: hipo_vars = ''a:9:{s:12:"current_step";i:0;s:12:"percent_done";d:10.7200000000000006394884621840901672840118408203125;s:15:"initialise_mode";s:3:"web";s:12:"running_mode";s:6:"server";s:7:"aborted";b:0;s:13:"server_taskid";s:32:"76a2d6b2997e87fdfae78992dbb4a313";s:7:"message";s:0:"";s:7:"job_dir";s:37:"[SYSTEM_ROOT]/core/hipo/jobs";s:6:"errors";a:0:{}}'',
Raw Entry: options = ''a:2:{s:15:"on_complete_url";s:1 in /home/websites/holroyd/core/include/locale_manager.inc on line 505[/codebox]
You should log a support call with the help desk so someone can take a look at your system. :)